Non omnis femina dives bona est, sed multae pauperes animos fortes habent.

No. non omnis means not every or not all.

So:

• non omnis femina dives bona est = not every rich woman is good
• it does not mean no rich woman is good

If Latin wanted to say no rich woman is good, it would usually use something like nulla femina dives bona est.

So this is a partial negative, not a total one.

Because Latin often uses:

• omnis + singular noun = every
• omnes + plural noun = all

So:

• omnis femina = every woman
• omnes feminae = all women

That fits the sense here: not every woman rather than not all women as a group.

Because dives is functioning as an adjective that describes femina: a rich woman.

Meanwhile, bona est is the main statement of the clause: is good.

So the structure is:

• omnis femina dives = every rich woman
• bona est = is good

In other words, dives is attributive to femina, while bona is a predicate adjective with est.

A learner may notice that Latin does not always mark this as clearly as English does. Sometimes context and normal phrasing help you decide.

Because dives is a third-declension adjective, not a first/second-declension one like bonus, bona, bonum.

Its nominative singular form dives is used for masculine and feminine. So:

• femina dives = a rich woman
• vir dives = a rich man

So even though femina is feminine, dives does not change to something like diva or divesa. Its feminine nominative singular is simply dives.

Because bona is a predicate adjective linked to the subject by est.

With sum verbs such as est, the predicate adjective is normally in the nominative, agreeing with the subject.

Here:

• femina = nominative singular feminine
• therefore bona = nominative singular feminine

So:

• femina bona est = the woman is good

If bonam were used, it would be accusative, which would not fit this structure.

Because Latin often leaves out a noun when it is easily understood from context.

In sed multae pauperes animos fortes habent, the idea is:

• multae pauperes [feminae] = many poor women

The noun feminae is understood from the earlier part of the sentence.

This is very common in Latin. Adjectives can stand on their own when the noun is obvious.

Because pauper, pauperis is also a third-declension adjective.

Its nominative plural masculine/feminine form is:

• pauperes

So:

• pauperes feminae = poor women

A learner may expect pauperae because many feminine plural adjectives do end in -ae, but that is typical of first/second-declension adjectives, such as:

• bonae feminae = good women

But pauper belongs to a different declension, so its forms are different.

Because it agrees with the understood noun feminae.

In the second clause, the subject is really:

• multae pauperes [feminae]

Since feminae is feminine plural, multae must also be feminine plural.

So even though the noun is omitted, the adjective still shows its gender, number, and case.

Because they are the direct object of habent.

The subject is multae pauperes [feminae], and what they have is animos fortes.

So:

• habent = they have
• animos = spirits/minds as the thing possessed, so accusative plural
• fortes agrees with animos, so it is also accusative plural masculine

This is standard adjective agreement:

• animos = masculine, plural, accusative
• fortes = masculine, plural, accusative

Literally, it means they have strong spirits or they have brave minds.

The noun animus can mean things like:

• mind
• spirit
• courage
• heart in the sense of inner character

So this phrase is not about physically possessing spirits. It means they have inner strength, courage, or strength of character.

Because Latin word order is much more flexible than English word order.

English relies heavily on position:

• the woman sees the man
• the man sees the woman

Latin relies much more on endings. That means writers can move words around for:

• emphasis
• style
• rhythm
• contrast

In this sentence:

• Non comes first for emphasis on the negation
• est and habent come at the ends of their clauses, which is very common in Latin
• adjectives can appear before or after their nouns

So the order may feel unusual to an English speaker, but the endings keep the grammar clear.