Si regina ipsa convivas invitaverit, omnes venire volent.

This is a future condition: it talks about something that may happen in the future, and what will happen if it does.

• Si regina ipsa convivas invitaverit = if the queen herself has invited / invites the guests
• omnes venire volent = everyone will want to come

In Latin, a future condition is often expressed with:

• future perfect in the if-clause
• future in the main clause

So this pattern is very normal:

• si ... invitaverit, ... volent

Invitaverit is the future perfect of invito, invitare.

In this kind of conditional sentence, Latin often uses the future perfect in the si-clause to show an action that will be completed before the action of the main clause.

So the sense is:

• If the queen has invited the guests, everyone will want to come.

The invitation happens first; the desire to come follows from that.

English often does not sound very natural with a literal future perfect here, so we may translate more simply as:

• If the queen herself invites the guests, everyone will want to come.

But grammatically, Latin is imagining the invitation as already accomplished before the result.

Formally, invitaverit could look like either:

• future perfect indicative, or
• perfect subjunctive

But in this sentence, it is understood as future perfect indicative.

Why?

Because the sentence is a straightforward future condition:

• si ... invitaverit = if ... will have invited
• ... volent = ... will want

That combination strongly points to future perfect indicative + future indicative, not to a subjunctive construction.

So although the form is ambiguous by itself, the context makes the function clear.

Convivas is accusative plural.

It is the direct object of invitaverit:

• invitare aliquem = to invite someone

So:

• regina = the subject, the queen
• convivas = the people being invited, the guests

The dictionary form is conviva, convivae. Although it belongs to the first declension in form, it is often masculine in meaning when referring to male or mixed guests.

Ipsa means herself and adds emphasis.

So:

• regina = the queen
• regina ipsa = the queen herself

This suggests something like:

• not just a servant
• not just a messenger
• not just an official invitation
• but the queen personally

That personal involvement makes the invitation more impressive, which helps explain why everyone will want to come.

Grammatically, ipsa agrees with regina in:

• gender: feminine
• number: singular
• case: nominative

Because it depends on volent.

The verb volo, velle means to want, and it normally takes an infinitive:

• venire volunt = they want to come
• dicere volo = I want to say
• manere vult = he/she wants to stay

So here:

• volent = they will want
• venire = to come

Together:

• venire volent = they will want to come

Latin does not need a separate word for to before the infinitive; the infinitive form itself carries that meaning.

Omnes means all or everyone, and here it is nominative plural.

It is the subject of volent:

• omnes ... volent = all will want

In this sentence, omnes most naturally means everyone in a general sense, though depending on context it could mean all the guests or all the people concerned.

You can tell it is nominative because it is the subject of the finite verb volent.

Because the meaning is slightly different.

• omnes venient = everyone will come
• omnes venire volent = everyone will want to come

The Latin sentence uses volent, so it is talking about willingness, desire, or eagerness, not directly stating that they definitely will come.

That can be an important nuance: the queen’s personal invitation makes attendance highly desirable.

Latin word order is flexible because the endings show the grammatical roles.

This sentence is:

• Si regina ipsa convivas invitaverit, omnes venire volent.

But other arrangements would still be understandable, for example:

• Si ipsa regina convivas invitaverit, omnes venire volent.
• Si convivas regina ipsa invitaverit, omnes venire volent.

The basic relationships stay the same because:

• regina is nominative singular
• ipsa agrees with regina
• convivas is accusative plural
• invitaverit is the verb of the if-clause
• omnes is nominative plural
• volent is the main verb

Even so, word order still affects emphasis. Placing ipsa near regina highlights the queen’s personal action.

Yes. Both are possible, and both mean the queen herself.

Latin often allows this kind of variation. The difference is mostly one of emphasis and style rather than basic meaning.

• ipsa regina can put the emphasis slightly earlier on herself
• regina ipsa can let queen come first and then reinforce it with herself

In many contexts, the difference is subtle.

Here are the main forms:

• si — if
• regina — from regina, reginae = queen
• ipsa — from ipse, ipsa, ipsum = self, himself/herself/itself
• convivas — from conviva, convivae = guest, table companion
• invitaverit — from invito, invitare, invitavi, invitatus = invite
• omnes — from omnis, omne = all, every
• venire — from venio, venire, veni, ventus = come
• volent — from volo, velle, volui = want

Looking at dictionary forms is especially useful in Latin, because the endings in the sentence change to show case, number, tense, and so on.

Yes, a small one.

Conviva originally suggests a table companion or dining guest—someone sharing a meal or banquet. So it can feel a bit more specific than a very broad English word like guest.

In a sentence involving a queen, convivas may suggest invited people at a feast, banquet, or formal gathering, not just visitors in general.

So the vocabulary helps create a slightly more formal or courtly atmosphere.