On Prophetic Dreams
Latin Grammar: Result Clauses
Contingit autem aliquibus hominibus quod haec virtus imaginativa sit creata in illis fortissima et praevalens, ita ut non dominentur ei sensus nec formalis resistat ei.
Result clauses are a type of subjunctive clause of characteristic. They express ideas like "he was so tall I couldn't see his face," that is, "he was very tall, with the result that I couldn't see his face." Latin uses the subjunctive, never the infinitive in these situations, as English frequently does ("he was too tall to see over"). They are structured as follows: the first part (which tells you what actually is) is in the indicative, while the second part (which tells you a natural result of the first part) is in the subjunctive. Result clauses generally follow the normal rules of sequence of tenses.
Exercise: Turn the following sets of statements into result clauses.