Praeco nomen dicti candidati iterum recitat.

• Subject: praeco = the herald / announcer
• Verb: recitat = recites / reads out
• Direct object: nomen = the name

So the basic core is:

Praeco nomen recitat
= The herald recites the name.

Everything else adds detail about which name.

Because Latin often uses the genitive to show possession or close relationship.

Here, nomen candidati means:

• the name of the candidate
• or more naturally in English, the candidate’s name

So candidati is genitive singular of candidatus.

Structure:

• nomen = name
• candidati = of the candidate

That is a very common Latin pattern:
noun + genitive

Examples:

• liber pueri = the boy’s book
• vox magistri = the teacher’s voice
• nomen candidati = the candidate’s name

dicti is from dictus, -a, -um, the perfect passive participle of dico in the sense say / mention / name.

Here it means something like:

• said
• mentioned
• named

So dicti candidati means:

• of the said candidate
• of the candidate mentioned
• of the candidate who was named

In smoother English, this is often just the said candidate or the aforementioned candidate.

Because Latin adjectives and participles must agree with the noun they describe in gender, number, and case.

Compare the forms:

• nomen is neuter singular
• candidati is masculine genitive singular
• dicti is also masculine genitive singular

So dicti matches candidati, not nomen.

That means the phrase is:

nomen dicti candidati
= the name of the said candidate

not

the said name of the candidate

Because in this sentence that phrase is not standing by itself. It is part of the larger phrase:

nomen dicti candidati
= the name of the said candidate

Since candidati depends on nomen, it must be in the genitive. And since dicti describes candidati, it also has to be in the genitive.

So even though the idea is the said candidate, the grammar here is really:

the name + of the said candidate

recitat is:

• present tense
• third person singular
• active
• indicative

So it means:

• he recites
• she recites
• it recites

Since the subject is praeco, we translate:

the herald recites
or, depending on context, the herald reads out

Iterum means again or a second time.

It tells us that the action is being repeated:

Praeco nomen dicti candidati iterum recitat.
= The herald recites the name of the said candidate again.

It is an adverb, so it modifies the verb recitat.

Latin word order is much more flexible because the endings show the grammatical roles.

English depends heavily on word order:

• The herald recites the name.

Latin can move words around more freely because:

• praeco is nominative, so it is the subject
• nomen is accusative, so it is the object
• candidati is genitive, so it depends on nomen

So even if the order changes, the grammar is still clear.

This sentence puts the words in a natural Latin order:

• subject first: praeco
• then object phrase: nomen dicti candidati
• then adverb + verb: iterum recitat

A different order could still be grammatical, for example:

• Iterum praeco nomen dicti candidati recitat.
• Nomen dicti candidati praeco iterum recitat.

The emphasis would shift slightly, but the basic meaning would remain the same.

Because the sentence is talking about one name.

Nomen is singular:

• name

If it were plural, it would be nomina:

• names

So the sentence is about the herald repeating the name of one candidate, not a list of names.

It is more specific. Praeco usually means a public crier, herald, or announcer—someone who proclaims things aloud in public.

Depending on context, English might translate it as:

• herald
• crier
• announcer

So this is not just any person speaking; it suggests a formal or public announcement.

Not necessarily. In Latin, recitare can mean:

• read aloud
• repeat aloud
• recite

So in this sentence, recitat can naturally mean that the herald reads out or announces aloud the candidate’s name again. English recite sometimes sounds more like memorized speech, but the Latin verb can be broader than that.