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proviso Clause
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nil recitas et vis, Mamerce, poeta videri. Quidquid vis esto, dummodo nil recites! | You recite nothing, Mamercus, and (yet) you wish to seem a poet. Be whatever you wish, so long as you recite nothing! |
| recitas | second-person singular present active indicative of recitō1 |
| vis | second-person singular present active indicative of volo velle volui |
| poeta | nominative m poeta poetae |
| videri | present passive infinitive video, videre, vidi, visus. Complementary infinitive |
| esto | present active sng 2nd person imperative sum, esse, fui futus, |
| recites | second person singular present active subjunctive. Proviso clause |