by adrianus » Sun May 19, 2013 3:27 pm
The "best explanation" in your opinion.
As I said, I see the "ut" clause in "opperior ut" as a substantive clause used as object. As to whether its a substantive clause of purpose or a substantive clause of result (and A&G allows us only these categories), I see it better fitting the category of "substantive clause of purpose" rather than "substantive clause of result". The reason is because in my view "awaiting something" is "an action directed towards the future" alongside verbs of admonishing, asking, bargaining, commanding, decreeing, determining, permitting, persuading, resolving, urging, wishing, caution and effort (§563) rather than "a verb denoting the accomplishment of an effort" (§568). Of course, I could be wrong headed but that is how I reason in the absence of an authoritative voice on the thing.
Tuâ sententiâ, "optima explicatio".
Ut jam dixi, meâ sententiâ, substantiva et objectum est clausula per "ut" post "opperior". An finis actionis an proventûs (quas solas formulas nobis A&G proponunt) clausula sit, aptior est finis actionis. Sic habeo: opperiri verbum esse quod futurum spectat, non verbum quod conatum effectum denotat. Fieri potest me errare at sine definitione huius rei ratâ sic puto.
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.