Industria quoque discipulae honori est, si verba nova cotidie discit.

Quoque means also or too.

In Latin, quoque often comes after the word it emphasizes. So:

• industria quoque = diligence too / diligence also

That is slightly different from English, where also often comes before the word it modifies.

Here discipulae is dative singular: to/for the student.

That form can be confusing, because discipulae could also be:

• genitive singular = of the student
• dative singular = to/for the student
• nominative plural = the students

But in this sentence, the construction honori est strongly suggests the dative singular.

Because Latin often uses the dative of purpose in expressions like this.

honori est literally means is for an honor or serves as an honor. In smoother English, we often translate it as:

• is an honor to
• is a credit to
• brings honor to

So honori is dative because it expresses the purpose/result/function: something serves as an honor.

This is a classic double dative construction.

It has:

• a dative of reference/advantage: discipulae = for the student
• a dative of purpose: honori = as an honor

So literally:

• Industria discipulae honori est
  = Diligence is for an honor for the student

That sounds awkward in English, so we translate it more naturally as:

• Diligence is an honor to the student
• Diligence is a credit to the student
• Diligence brings the student honor

Because honori est does not mean is honor. It means is for honor / serves as an honor.

If Latin said honor est, then honor would be a predicate nominative: it is an honor. But with honori, Latin is using a different idea: the thing named is useful as, counts as, or serves as an honor.

The subject is industria.

So the basic structure is:

• industria ... est = diligence ... is

Then the two datives explain for whom and in what capacity:

• discipulae = to/for the student
• honori = as an honor

Because Latin word order is much freer than English word order. The verb often comes at or near the end, especially in straightforward prose.

So:

• Industria quoque discipulae honori est

is perfectly normal Latin word order.

Latin uses word endings, not word position, to show grammatical function, so it can move words around more freely than English.

This is a conditional clause introduced by si, meaning if.

Breakdown:

• si = if
• verba nova = new words
• cotidie = daily / every day
• discit = she learns

So the clause means:

• if she learns new words every day

Grammatically, this is a normal present-time condition with si + present indicative.

Discit is 3rd person singular present active indicative of discere.

The subject is understood from the verb ending. Latin often leaves subject pronouns unstated when they are not needed.

So discit by itself means:

• he learns
• she learns
• it learns

Here, from discipulae and the sense of the sentence, we understand she learns.

Because Latin verb endings usually make the subject clear enough. Since discit already means he/she/it learns, a separate pronoun is unnecessary unless Latin wants extra emphasis or contrast.

So Latin commonly says simply:

• discit = she learns

rather than adding ea.

They are accusative plural, because they are the direct object of discit.

• verba = words
• nova = new

The adjective nova agrees with verba in:

• case: accusative
• number: plural
• gender: neuter

So verba nova means new words.

Because verbum, verbi is a neuter noun in Latin. Its nominative and accusative plural form is verba.

This can surprise English speakers, because grammatical gender in Latin does not always match anything natural in English. Word in English has no grammatical gender, but in Latin verbum happens to be neuter.

Cotidie means daily, every day, or day by day. It is an adverb, so it modifies the verb discit.

It answers the question when/how often does she learn?

• cotidie discit = she learns every day

Formally, yes, discipulae can be genitive singular. But here that would not fit the grammar well.

The phrase discipulae honori est is a standard pattern with two datives, so discipulae is best understood as dative singular:

• to/for the student

So although the form is ambiguous in isolation, the sentence structure removes the ambiguity.

Yes, grammatically discipula means female student, and discipulae here refers to that noun.

If the sentence referred to a male student, you would expect discipulo instead:

• Industria quoque discipulo honori est ...

So this sentence is specifically about a female student.

That is a very natural translation, but sometimes is a credit to is even better English.

So possible translations include:

• Diligence is also an honor to the student
• Diligence is also a credit to the student
• Diligence also brings honor to the student

All of those capture the idea of the Latin well.

It is a simple or more vivid condition in present time.

Latin often uses:

• si + present indicative
• present indicative in the main clause

to express something like:

• if she learns new words every day, diligence is a credit to her

It does not imply unreality or doubt. It presents the condition as a normal possibility or general truth.

Because Latin has no definite article and no indefinite article. It has no words exactly equivalent to English the or a/an.

So discipulae can mean:

• to the student
• to a student

and context determines which is more natural in translation.

The same applies to verba nova:

• new words
• the new words

depending on context.

Here are the main forms:

• industria — from industria, -ae (f.) = diligence, hard work
• quoque — adverb = also, too
• discipulae — from discipula, -ae (f.) = female student
• honori — from honor, honoris (m.) = honor
• est — from sum, esse = to be
• si — conjunction = if
• verba — from verbum, verbi (n.) = word
• nova — from novus, -a, -um = new
• cotidie — adverb = daily, every day
• discit — from disco, discere, didici = learn

Yes, to a large extent. Because the endings show the grammar, Latin allows several word orders. For example, these would keep basically the same meaning:

• Industria quoque discipulae honori est, si verba nova cotidie discit.
• Si discipula verba nova cotidie discit, industria quoque honori est.
  (though this version slightly changes what is stated explicitly)
• Discipulae quoque industria honori est, si verba nova cotidie discit.

However, word order can change emphasis. The given order puts early emphasis on industria and then adds quoque closely to it.