Restat ut coactor pecuniam accipiat.

Restat is from resto, restare, meaning to remain or to be left.

In this sentence, it is used impersonally: restat = it remains / it is left / all that remains is.

So the idea is not that some specific thing is the subject; instead, Latin is saying something like:

• it remains that...
• the only thing left is that...
• it still remains for...

That impersonal use is very common with this verb.

After restat, Latin often uses ut + subjunctive to say what remains to be done.

So ut coactor pecuniam accipiat explains the content of what remains.

A very literal way to think of it is:

• Restat ut... = It remains that...

But in smoother English, we often turn that into something like:

• It remains for the collector to receive the money
• All that remains is for the collector to receive the money

So ut here is introducing a content clause, not just a simple word-for-word that.

No. Here ut is not introducing a purpose clause.

A learner often sees ut and thinks in order that, but that would not fit this sentence well. This is not expressing purpose; it is expressing what remains.

So this is better understood as:

• Restat ut... = It remains that...

not

• It remains in order that...

That is an important distinction, because ut can introduce several different kinds of clauses in Latin. You have to tell from the context and the main verb.

Because after restat ut, Latin normally uses the subjunctive.

So accipiat is not subjunctive because the action is doubtful or unreal in the English sense. It is subjunctive because the construction restat ut requires it.

This is a standard Latin pattern:

• restat ut
  • subjunctive

The clause functions as the thing that remains to happen or be done.

Accipiat is:

• present
• subjunctive
• active
• third person singular

from accipio, accipere, accepi, acceptum = receive, take, accept.

It is third person singular because its subject is coactor, which is singular.

It is present subjunctive because the main verb restat is present, and the action is viewed as still remaining at the same time.

Coactor is nominative singular.

It is the subject of accipiat in the ut clause.

So in:

• ut coactor pecuniam accipiat

the structure is:

• coactor = subject
• pecuniam = object
• accipiat = verb

A native English speaker may be tempted to connect coactor directly with restat, but grammatically it belongs with accipiat.

Because pecuniam is the direct object of accipiat.

The verb accipio takes an object in the accusative:

• pecuniam accipere = to receive the money

So:

• coactor = the one receiving
• pecuniam = the thing being received

That is why pecuniam is accusative singular.

Coactor means a collector—someone who collects money, payments, debts, taxes, or similar things.

The exact English word can vary by context:

• collector
• tax collector
• debt collector
• gatherer of payments

So the sentence does not just mean any random person; it refers to someone whose role is collecting money.

English naturally says something like:

• It remains for the collector to receive the money

That uses an infinitive: to receive.

Latin often prefers a different structure after verbs like restat:

• restat ut
  • subjunctive

So instead of using an infinitive, Latin says:

• it remains that the collector receive the money

This is one of those places where Latin and English organize the sentence differently even though the meaning is straightforward.

Not especially, but it is worth noticing.

The sentence is:

• Restat ut coactor pecuniam accipiat.

A helpful breakdown is:

• Restat = main verb first, giving the main idea immediately
• ut coactor pecuniam accipiat = clause explaining what remains

Inside the clause:

• coactor = subject
• pecuniam = object
• accipiat = verb at the end

That subordinate-clause order is very natural in Latin. The verb often comes last, especially in more careful or literary prose.

It is singular because it is being used impersonally: it remains.

Latin often uses a neuter or impersonal singular verb when the subject is really an entire clause or an abstract idea. Here, the whole ut clause is treated as the thing that remains.

So the sense is:

• One thing remains: that the collector receive the money

That is why restat is singular.

A good way to memorize it is as a set phrase:

• restat ut
  • subjunctive

Meaning:

• it remains that...
• all that remains is that...
• it remains for ... to ...

So in this sentence:

• Restat ut coactor pecuniam accipiat

you can mentally group it as:

• Restat ut = It remains that
• coactor = the collector
• pecuniam accipiat = receive the money

If you learn restat ut as a unit, the sentence becomes much easier to recognize and understand.