stic Future Infinitive is often used, especially in the
Passive, even in case of verbs which have the Participial Stem; as,--

spero fore ut hostes vincantur, _I hope the enemy will be conquered_.

4. Passives and Deponents sometimes form a Future Perfect Infinitive with
fore; as,--

spero epistulam scriptam fore, _I hope the letter will have been
written_;

dico me satis adeptum fore, _I say that I shall have gained enough_.

THE MOODS.

MOODS IN INDEPENDENT SENTENCES.

The Indicative in Independent Sentences.

271. The Indicative is used for the _statement of facts_, _the supposition
of facts_, or _inquiry after facts_.

1. Note the following idiomatic uses:--

a) With possum; as,--

possum multa dicere, _I might say much_;

poteram multa dicere, _I might have said much_ (Sec. 270, 2).

b) In such expressions as longum est, aequum est, melius est, difficile
est, utilius est, and some others; as,--

longum est ea dicere, _it would be tedious to tell that_;

difficile est omnia persequi, _it would be difficult to enumerate
everything_.

The Subjunctive in Independent Sentences.

272. The Subjunctive is used in Independent Sentences to express
something--

1. As willed--Volitive Subjunctive;
2. As desired--Optative Subjunctive;
3. Conceived of as possible--Potential Subjunctive.

VOLITIVE SUBJUNCTIVE.

273. The Volitive Subjunctive represents the action _as willed_. It always
implies authority on the part of the speaker, and has the following
varieties:--

A. HORTATORY SUBJUNCTIVE.

274. The Hortatory Subjunctive expresses _an exhortation_. This use is
confined to the first person plural of the Present. The negative is ne.
Thus:--

eamus, _let us go_;

amemus patriam, _let us love our country_;

ne desperemus, _let us not despair_.

B. JUSSIVE SUBJUNCTIVE.

275. The Jussive Subjunctive expresses a _command_. The Jussive stands
regularly in the Present Tense, and is used--

1. Most frequently in the third singular and the third plural; as,--

dicat, _let him tell_;

dicant, _let them tell_;

quare secedant improbi, _wherefore let the wicked depart!_

2. Less frequently in the second person, often with indefinite force; as,--

isto bono utare, _use that advantage_;

modeste vivas, _live temperately_.

C. PROHIBITIVE SUBJUNCTIVE.

276. The Subjunctive is used in the second and third persons sing