Breakdown of Nuntius auditus est, et turba tacet.
Questions & Answers about Nuntius auditus est, et turba tacet.
It’s the perfect passive in the 3rd person singular:
- auditus = perfect passive participle of audio, audire (heard)
- est = present of sum used as the auxiliary (is/has) Together: was heard / has been heard.
The perfect passive participle must agree with the subject it describes in gender, number, and case.
- nuntius is masculine singular nominative, so the participle is auditus (m. sg. nom.).
If the subject were feminine singular (e.g., epistula), you’d get audita est.
Yes, but that would be active voice: = .Then: