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Attraction to the Subjunctive in Subordinate Clauses. When subordinate clauses occur within a text cited in indirect statement, the verb in the subordinate clause goes into the subjunctive as a mark of grammatical subordination:
mīlitem līberēmus quem hostēs cēperint!‘Let us free the soldier whom the enemy have captured.’Subordinate Clauses in Indirect Statement. When a subordinate clause depends on a clause with its verb in the subjunctive, the verb in the dependent clause is also attracted into the subjunctive if it is felt to be an integral part of the primary statement:
Original statement: mīlitem cēpimus, quī ē castrīs fugiēbat.‘We captured a soldier, who was fleeing from the camp.’ Reported statement: scīsne nōs mīlitem cēpisse, quī ē castrīs fūgerit?‘Do you know that we have captured a soldier who fled from the camp?’
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