Latin A-Level
Prevention with ne, quo minus or infinitive
What Prevention with ne, quo minus or infinitive means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Prevention with ne, quo minus or infinitive
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Verbs of preventing, such as prohibeo and impedio, take ne plus the subjunctive, or quo minus, or a plain infinitive, as in prohibet ne exeant, 'he prevents them from going out'.
Topics that use Prevention with ne, quo minus or infinitive
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- Accusative and infinitive in indirect statement
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- Comparative clause
- Comparative with quam ut plus subjunctive
- Concessive conjunctions
- Contrast between concession, cause and condition
- Correlative constructions with tamen
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