Word
Disciplina postulat ut discipuli in bibliotheca taceant.
Meaning
Discipline requires that the students be silent in the library.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Disciplina postulat ut discipuli in bibliotheca taceant.
in
in
discipulus
the student
tacere
to be silent
bibliotheca
the library
Questions & Answers about Disciplina postulat ut discipuli in bibliotheca taceant.
Why is ut used after postulat?
Because postulat here introduces a clause of command or requirement. In Latin, verbs like ask, demand, urge, order, and require are often followed by ut + the subjunctive.
So:
- postulat = demands / requires
- ut discipuli ... taceant = that the students be quiet
A very literal structure would be:
- Disciplina postulat ut discipuli in bibliotheca taceant
- Discipline requires that the students be silent in the library
This is a very common Latin pattern.
Why is taceant subjunctive instead of indicative?
Because it is inside an ut clause after a verb of demanding or requiring.
Latin normally uses:
- ut
- subjunctive
after verbs like postulo, rogo, moneo, impero, and similar verbs when they introduce what someone wants, orders, or requires.
So taceant is not simply stating a fact like they are quiet. It expresses what is being required of them:
- tacent = they are quiet / they keep quiet
- taceant = that they be quiet / that they should keep quiet