Tertullian explains the stoical theory by an ingenious illustration: "Stoici enim volunt Deum sic per materiem decucurrisse quomodo mel per favos.
Chrysalus and Crucisalus; and the following may serve as a specimen of his perpetual puns:-- Non enim es in senticeto, eo non sentis.
Another criticism of Horace upon Plautus-- Gestit enim nummum in loculos demittere-- may very probably be true, and is by no means to his discredit.
We may recall his statement that he would like to see all his books destroyed except two: “Nullum enim agnosco meum iustum librum nisi forte De servo arbitrio et Catechismum.
Writing three years later to Atticus, he says: "Confirmabam omnium privatorum possessiones, is enim est noster exercitus, ut tute scis locupletium.
In such words the lengthening may take place even in the thesis of the foot, as in-- "non enim rumores ponebat ante salutem.
Defuncti non est, quia nichil proprietatis in ea aut in re alia defunctus habet aut habere potest; vivencium enim et non moriencium est jus et proprietatem in rebus habere, et in eis dominium vendicare.
For I shall in no other place allude to his affairs--Neque enim allo loco de Sullae rebus dicturi sumus.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "enim" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
