Word
Post scholam discipuli etiam in bibliotheca manent.
Meaning
After school the students also stay in the library.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Post scholam discipuli etiam in bibliotheca manent.
in
in
discipulus
the student
manere
to stay
schola
the school
Questions & Answers about Post scholam discipuli etiam in bibliotheca manent.
What does post scholam literally mean, and why is scholam in that form?
Post is a preposition meaning after (in time) or behind (in space), and it always takes the accusative case.
- schola = school (nominative singular)
- scholam = school (accusative singular)
So post scholam literally means after the school (in the sense of after school as a time period).
scholam is accusative because it is the object of the preposition post.
Why is discipuli used here, and what does its ending tell me?
Discipuli is the nominative plural of discipulus, discipuli (m.) = student, pupil.
- discipulus = a (male) student (nominative singular)
- discipuli = students / the students (nominative plural)
The -i ending here shows:
- case: nominative (subject of the sentence)
- number: plural
- gender: masculine (by default; could mean a mixed group)
In this sentence, discipuli is the subject of the verb manent:
discipuli manent = the students remain / stay.