Word
In schola discipula codicem novum aperit et titulum primae paginae legit.
Meaning
At school the female student opens a new book and reads the title of the first page.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of In schola discipula codicem novum aperit et titulum primae paginae legit.
legere
to read
et
and
discipula
the female student
novus
new
Questions & Answers about In schola discipula codicem novum aperit et titulum primae paginae legit.
Why is schola in the form schola, and not something else after in?
Because in can take different cases depending on the meaning.
Here it means in / inside / at a place, so it takes the ablative case:
- in schola = in school / at school
If in meant into with movement toward something, it would take the accusative instead.
Compare:
- in schola = in the school, at school
- in scholam = into the school
So in this sentence, schola is ablative singular.
What is the subject of the sentence?
The subject is discipula.
It is in the nominative singular, and it means female student, schoolgirl, or pupil.
So:
- discipula = the female student
- aperit = opens
- legit = reads
Latin often does not need a separate word for she, because the verb ending already shows that the subject is he/she/it singular. But discipula is still stated here to tell us exactly who is doing the action.
Why is it codicem and not codex?