ABSTRACT
A conditional clause (i.e. an ‘if’ clause) is introduced by sī (if) or nisi/nī (unless) flet sī lacrimās cōnspexit amīcī he weeps if he has seen the tears of a friend [4.12] nec minus līber sum quam vōs, etiam sī pauperem pater mē relīquit I am no less a free man than yourselves, even if my father did leave me a pauper [18.13]
