Pueros tempestatis taedet, quia foris ludere volunt.

The boys are tired of the storm, because they want to play outside.

Breakdown of Pueros tempestatis taedet, quia foris ludere volunt.

• puer: the boy
• ludere: to play
• tempestas: the storm
• quia: because

Questions & Answers about Pueros tempestatis taedet, quia foris ludere volunt.

Why is pueros accusative instead of nominative?

Because taedet uses an unusual construction.

In English we say the boys are tired of the storm, where the boys is the subject. But in Latin, taedet is an impersonal verb, literally something like it disgusts / it wearies.

So the person who feels the emotion goes into the accusative:

• pueros taedet = the boys are disgusted / tired

This is one of several Latin verbs of emotion that do not work like normal English verbs.

Why is tempestatis in the genitive?

With taedet, the thing that causes the feeling is usually put in the genitive.

So:

• pueros tempestatis taedet = literally the boys are tired of the storm/weather

This pattern is very common with taedet:

• accusative of the person affected
• genitive of the thing causing the feeling

So tempestatis is genitive because Latin says, in effect, it tires the boys of the storm.

What exactly does taedet mean here?