Haec imago antiqua a multis pulcherrima appellatur, et forma coronae adhuc clara est.

to be

Breakdown of Haec imago antiqua a multis pulcherrima appellatur, et forma coronae adhuc clara est.

• et: and
• multus: many
• clarus: clear

Questions & Answers about Haec imago antiqua a multis pulcherrima appellatur, et forma coronae adhuc clara est.

Why is haec used here, not hic or hoc?

Because haec agrees with imago, which is feminine singular nominative.

• hic = masculine singular nominative
• haec = feminine singular nominative
• hoc = neuter singular nominative/accusative

So haec imago means this image with both words in the same case, number, and gender.

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Is imago really feminine even though it does not end in -a?

Yes. Imago is a feminine third-declension noun.

That is very common in Latin: grammatical gender does not always match the nominative ending. A learner used to first-declension -a feminines may expect all feminine nouns to look like that, but third-declension nouns often do not.

So here:

• imago = feminine
• therefore haec, antiqua, and pulcherrima are all feminine too

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What is antiqua doing in the sentence?

Antiqua is an adjective modifying imago.

It is:

• nominative
• feminine