Breakdown of Discipuli codices suos secum ad scholam ferunt.
discipulus
the student
ad
to
schola
the school
ferre
to bring
Questions & Answers about Discipuli codices suos secum ad scholam ferunt.
Why does discipuli end in -i?
Because discipuli is nominative plural. It is the subject of the sentence, so it tells you who is doing the action.
- singular: discipulus = student
- plural: discipuli = students
The verb ferunt is also plural, so discipuli matches it as the subject.
Why is codices in a different form from discipuli?
Because codices is the direct object, not the subject. It tells you what the students are carrying.
- codex = book / volume / manuscript
- codices = books, in the accusative plural here
So the sentence has:
- discipuli = the students, doing the action
- codices = the books, receiving the action
This is a good example of how Latin uses case endings instead of fixed word order to show a word’s job in the sentence.
Why is it suos and not eorum?