Word
Pater in sponsalibus dotem promittit.
Meaning
The father promises a dowry in the betrothal agreement.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Pater in sponsalibus dotem promittit.
in
in
pater
the father
promittere
to promise
dos
the dowry
Questions & Answers about Pater in sponsalibus dotem promittit.
What case is pater, and why?
Pater is nominative singular. It is the subject of the sentence, the person doing the action of promittit.
Its dictionary form is pater, patris meaning father. In this sentence, the nominative form pater means the father as subject.
Why is dotem spelled that way instead of dos?
Because dotem is in the accusative singular, not the nominative.
The noun is dos, dotis and means dowry. Its forms include:
- nominative singular: dos
- accusative singular: dotem
Since promittit is a transitive verb, the thing being promised is its direct object, so Latin puts dos into the accusative: dotem.
What case is in sponsalibus, and how does it work?
Sponsalibus is ablative plural, governed by the preposition in.
Here in does not mean motion into something. Instead, it means in / at / during in the sense of location or occasion, so it takes the ablative.
So in sponsalibus means something like: