Questions & Answers about Haec sententia omnium difficillima est.
Yes. Here haec means this.
It is the feminine nominative singular form of the demonstrative hic, haec, hoc (this). It has to match sententia, which is feminine singular nominative.
So:
- haec = this
- sententia = sentence
- together: this sentence
Because sententia is a feminine noun.
In Latin, demonstratives like this must agree with the noun they describe in:
- gender
- number
- case
Since sententia is feminine singular nominative, the correct form is haec, not hic.
- hic = masculine nominative singular
- haec = feminine nominative singular
- hoc = neuter nominative singular
It is nominative singular.
You can tell because it is the subject of the sentence: it is the thing being described as .