Expertlatin
- What is the difference between jussive and hortatory subjunctive?
- What is an example of hortatory subjunctive?
- What is a Hortatory subjunctive?
- What is the Latin jussive subjunctive?
What is the difference between jussive and hortatory subjunctive?
The Jussive subjunctive expresses what the speaker or writer believes should be done; in the second and third person this amounts to a command or (with the negative) a prohibition. In the first person (where it is a matter of self- exhortation), this use is usually called the Hortatory subjunctive.
What is an example of hortatory subjunctive?
Grammatically, the Hortatory Subjunctive is simply a First Person Plural (ie: we) Verb in the Present Subjunctive. For example, festinamus means we are hurrying while festinemus means Let's hurry! vivemus means we live while vivamus means Let's live! amamus means we love while amemus means Let's Love!
What is a Hortatory subjunctive?
The Hortatory Subjunctive is used in the present tense to express an exhortation or a command. The negative is nē. Hōs latrōnēs interficiāmus (B. G. 7.38) Let us kill these robbers.
What is the Latin jussive subjunctive?
The jussive subjunctive may be used to ask a question. The jussive question makes a request about duty and you can tell it is a jussive question if the answer is a command: "What am I to do?" "Go away!" quid faciam? abi! = jussive question with imperative answer.
