Breakdown of Magister rogat: "Cur discipuli hodie in schola non manent?"
in
in
discipulus
the student
magister
the teacher
non
not
Questions & Answers about Magister rogat: "Cur discipuli hodie in schola non manent?"
What are the dictionary forms and grammatical roles of each word in Magister rogat: Cur discipuli hodie in schola non manent?
- Magister – nominative singular masculine of magister, magistri (teacher); subject of rogat.
- rogat – 3rd person singular present active indicative of rogo, rogare, rogavi, rogatum (he asks).
- Cur – interrogative adverb (why), introducing a direct question.
- discipuli – nominative plural masculine of discipulus, discipuli (students, pupils); subject of manent.
- hodie – adverb (today), historically from hoc die = on this day; indeclinable.
- in – preposition taking the ablative here, meaning in / at (location).
- schola – ablative singular feminine of schola, scholae (school, class); object of in.
- non – adverb (not), negating the verb manent.
- manent – 3rd person plural present active indicative of maneo, manere, mansi, mansum (they stay / remain).
Why is magister in the nominative case and not something like magistrum?
Magister is the subject of the verb rogat.
Latin uses the nominative case for the subject of a finite verb, so magister rogat means . would be accusative singular and would normally be used as a direct object, e.g. – .