Questions & Answers about Sine vi pax in urbe manet.
Because sine is a preposition that takes the ablative case. The noun vis (force, violence) is irregular, and its ablative singular form is vi.
So:
- vis = nominative singular
- vi = ablative singular
That is why Latin says sine vi = without force / without violence.
Because in can take two different cases depending on the meaning:
- in + ablative = in / on a place, showing location
- in + accusative = into / onto a place, showing motion toward
Here the sentence describes where peace remains, not movement into the city, so Latin uses the ablative:
- in urbe = in the city
- in urbem = into the city
Pax is in the nominative case, which is the case normally used for the subject of the sentence. Also, the verb manet is third person singular, so it matches a singular subject like .