Accipe hoc consilium et veritatem semper dic.

Accipe is the singular imperative of accipere, meaning receive, accept, or take.

So the speaker is giving a command to one person:

• accipe = accept! / take!

If the command were to more than one person, Latin would use accipite.

Hoc is the neuter accusative singular form of hic, haec, hoc, meaning this.

It is neuter singular accusative because it agrees with consilium, which is:

• neuter
• singular
• here used as a direct object

So:

• hoc = this
• consilium = advice / plan / counsel

and they match in gender, number, and case.

Consilium is in the accusative singular.

It is accusative because it is the direct object of accipe:

• Accipe hoc consilium = Accept this advice

A lot of second-declension neuter nouns look the same in the nominative singular and accusative singular, so consilium could be either in another context. Here, the verb shows that it must be the object, so it is accusative.

Dic is the singular imperative of dicere, meaning say or tell.

So:

• dic = say! / tell!

This is another command addressed to one person.

A learner often expects something longer, but dic is the normal imperative singular here. Latin imperatives can be very short.

Veritatem is accusative singular of veritas, meaning truth.

It is accusative because it is the direct object of dic:

• veritatem dic = literally say the truth
• in natural English: tell the truth

So Latin uses dicere with a direct object here, where English often says tell the truth.

Latin often uses dicere in places where English prefers tell.

So:

• veritatem dicere = literally to say the truth
• idiomatically = to tell the truth

This is very normal Latin usage. A learner should not expect Latin verbs to line up perfectly one-for-one with English verbs.

Semper is an adverb meaning always.

It modifies dic:

• veritatem semper dic = always tell the truth

Because Latin word order is flexible, semper can be placed in different spots for style or emphasis. Here it sits between veritatem and dic, but its meaning is still simply always.

It is understood in the verb forms.

Both accipe and dic are singular imperatives, so Latin does not need to say you explicitly. The sentence naturally means:

• You, accept this advice and always tell the truth

Latin often leaves subject pronouns unstated unless they are needed for emphasis or contrast.

The sentence gives two commands joined by et:

• Accipe hoc consilium
• et veritatem semper dic

So the structure is:

• Accept this advice
• and always tell the truth

This is a very common way to link commands in Latin.

Yes. Et is the ordinary coordinating conjunction and.

It joins the two imperatives:

• accipe … et … dic

There is nothing unusual about it here.

The word order is fairly natural, but Latin is more flexible than English.

English usually depends heavily on word order. Latin depends more on word endings. Because of that, Latin can move words around for emphasis, rhythm, or style.

This sentence could be rearranged in other ways without changing the core meaning, because the forms still show the grammar:

• Hoc consilium accipe et semper veritatem dic
• Accipe hoc consilium et semper veritatem dic

The given order is clear and idiomatic.

Consilium can mean several related things, including:

• advice
• plan
• counsel
• decision
• purpose

In this sentence, advice or counsel fits best. So hoc consilium is something like this advice.

The imperatives would become plural:

• Accipite hoc consilium et veritatem semper dicite.

That means:

• Accept this advice and always tell the truth addressed to more than one person

So the singular/plural contrast is:

• accipe / dic = command to one person
• accipite / dicite = command to more than one person