m, tamen complures dies
Athenis commoratus sum, _I, although I had taken up Greek literature
late in life, nevertheless tarried several days at Athens_.

4. Clauses of Characteristic may also be introduced by quin = qui (quae,
quod) non; as,--

nemo est quin saepe audierit, _there is no one who has not often
heard_;

nemo fuit militum quin vulneraretur, _there was no one of the soldiers
who was not wounded_.

5. Related to Clauses of Characteristic are also phrases of the type:

quod sciam, _so far as I know_; quem (quam, quod), audierim, _so far as
I have heard_.

Clauses of Result.

284. 1. Clauses of Result are usually introduced by ut (_that_, _so that_),
negative ut non (_so that not_), and take the Subjunctive. The main clause
often contains tantus, talis, tot, is (= talis), tam, ita, sic, adeo, or
some similar word. Thus:--

quis tam demens est ut sua voluntate maereat, _who is so senseless as
to mourn of his own volition?_

Siciliam ita vastavit ut restitui in antiquum statum non possit, _he so
ravaged Sicily that it cannot be restored to its former condition_;

mons altissimus impendebat, ut facile perpauci prohibere possent, _a
very high mountain overhung, so that a very few could easily stop
them_;

non is es ut te pudor umquam a turpitudine avocarit, _you are not so
constituted that shame ever called you back from baseness_.

2. A Result Clause is often introduced by a Relative Pronoun or Adverb, qui
(= ut is), quo (= ut eo), etc.; as,--

nemo est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere, _nobody is so
old as not to think he can live a year_;

habetis eum consulem qui parere vestris decretis non dubitet, _you have
a consul such as does not hesitate to obey your decrees_.

a. These Relative Clauses of Result are closely related to the Clause
of Characteristic, and sometimes it is difficult to distinguish the two
constructions. It is best to class the relative clause as one of
Characteristic, unless the result idea is clear and unmistakable.

3. Result clauses may also be introduced by quin = ut non; as,--

nihil tam difficile est quin quaerendo investigari possit, _nothing is
so difficult that it cannot be discovered by searching_;

nemo est tam fortis quin rei novitate perturbetur, _no one is so
steadfast as not to be thrown into confusion by a strange occurrence_.