Word
Multi amici per viam lente ambulant.
Meaning
Many friends walk slowly along the road.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Multi amici per viam lente ambulant.
amicus
the friend
multus
many
ambulare
to walk
via
the street
Questions & Answers about Multi amici per viam lente ambulant.
What do multi and amici each mean, and what is their role in the sentence?
Multi means many.
Amici means friends.
Grammatically:
- amici is nominative plural masculine, so it is the subject of the verb ambulant.
- multi is an adjective describing amici, so the phrase multi amici means many friends and together they are the subject: Many friends walk…
Why is it multi amici and not multi amicos?
Because amici is the subject of the sentence, and in Latin the subject is normally in the nominative case.
- amici = nominative plural → friends as the doers of the action.
- amicos would be accusative plural, which is used mainly for direct objects (the thing receiving the action).
Since the friends are doing the walking (not being walked by someone), amici (nominative) is correct.
How does multi “agree” with amici?
In Latin, adjectives must “agree” with the nouns they modify in:
- Case (here: nominative)