Discipula in codice mendum quaerit, ut id cito corrigat.

The female student looks for a mistake in the book, so that she may correct it quickly.

Breakdown of Discipula in codice mendum quaerit, ut id cito corrigat.

• in: in
• discipula: the female student
• ut: so that
• id: it

Questions & Answers about Discipula in codice mendum quaerit, ut id cito corrigat.

Why is discipula the subject?

Discipula is in the nominative singular, which is the case normally used for the subject of a sentence in Latin.

• discipula = female student / schoolgirl
• The -a ending here is the regular nominative singular ending for a first-declension noun.

So discipula is the person doing the actions: quaerit and corrigat.

Why is it in codice and not something like in codicem?

Because in can take two different cases depending on the meaning:

• in + ablative = in / on a place, meaning location
• in + accusative = into / onto a place, meaning motion toward

Here the idea is location: the student is searching for a mistake in the book / in the code / in the manuscript, not moving into it. So Latin uses:

• in codice = in the codex / in the book / in the manuscript

codice is the ablative singular of codex.

What case is codice, and how do we know?

Codice is ablative singular.

You can tell this from both:

1. the preposition , which here requires the ablative because it means location, and