New Latin Grammar, page 199 by Charles E. Bennett
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ae maestitiam pellat, _philosophy is the only thing that drives away sorrow_;
quae cÄ«vitÄs est quae nÅn Ä“vertÄ« possit, _what state is there that cannot be overthrown?_
nÅn is sum quÄ« improbÅs laudem, _I am not the sort of man that praises the wicked._
a. Sometimes (very rarely in Cicero and Caesar) the clause of characteristic is used after comparatives; as,--
nÅn longius hostÄ“s aberant quam quÅ tÄ“lum adigÄ« posset, the enemy were not too far off for a dart to reach them (lit. _further off than [a point] to which a dart could be cast_).
3. The Clause of Characteristic often conveys an accessory notion of cause (_since_) or opposition (_although_). Thus:--
a) Cause. The relative is then frequently accompanied by ut, quīppe, utpote; as,--
Å fortÅ«nÄte adulÄ“scÄ“ns, quÄ« tuae virtÅ«tis HomÄ“rum praecÅnem invÄ“nerÄ«s, _O fortunate man, since you have found a Homer as the herald of your valor_;
ut quÄ« optimÅ jÅ«re eam prÅvinciam obtinuerit, since he held that province by excellent right.
b) Opposition:--
egomet quÄ« sÄ“rÅ GraecÄs litterÄs attigissem, tamen complÅ«rÄ“s diÄ“s AthÄ“nÄ«s commorÄtus 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 quÄ«n = quÄ« (quae, quod) nÅn; as,--
nēmŠest quīn saepe audierit, _there is no one who has not often heard_;
nÄ“mÅ fuit mÄ«litum quÄ«n vulnerÄrÄ“tur, there was no one of the sol