Questions & Answers about Ex omnibus templis hoc templum pulcherrimum est.
In Latin, a superlative like pulcherrimum can be followed by ex or de plus the ablative to mean out of all or of all.
So:
- ex omnibus templis = out of all the temples
- hoc templum pulcherrimum est = this temple is the most beautiful
Put together, the phrase means that this temple stands out from the whole group of temples.
They are in different cases and numbers.
- templis = ablative plural, used after ex
- templum = nominative singular, the subject of the sentence
So:
- ex omnibus templis = from/out of all the temples
- hoc templum = this temple
Latin changes noun endings depending on the noun’s job in the sentence.
Omnibus is ablative plural, because it agrees with templis, which is also ablative plural after ex.
The adjective means or , and adjectives in Latin must agree with the nouns they describe in: