Breakdown of Ne quis sub porticu clamet, dum magistra de auctore et scriptore narrat.
Questions & Answers about Ne quis sub porticu clamet, dum magistra de auctore et scriptore narrat.
Here ne introduces a negative command or negative jussive.
So Ne quis sub porticu clamet means something like:
- Let no one shout under the colonnade
- No one should shout under the colonnade
This is a very common Latin pattern:
- ne
- subjunctive = do not / let no one / may ... not
It is not the ordinary simple negation non.
Non would just deny a statement; ne is used for prohibition or negative purpose/jussive uses.
Because after ne in this kind of sentence, Latin uses the subjunctive.
Clamet is:
- present subjunctive
- 3rd person singular
- from clamare = to shout
So:
- clamat = he/she shouts or is shouting
- clamet = let him/her shout, may he/she shout, or in this sentence with ne: let no one shout
This is not describing what someone is doing; it is expressing what should not happen.