Mula lenta raedam per viam trahit.

the road

Breakdown of Mula lenta raedam per viam trahit.

• per: along
• trahere: to pull
• raeda: the carriage

Questions & Answers about Mula lenta raedam per viam trahit.

How do I know mula lenta is the subject of the sentence?

Because mula is in the nominative singular, which is the case commonly used for the subject.

• mula = nominative singular, feminine
• lenta matches it
• trahit = he/she/it pulls, so the verb is singular too

So mula lenta is the slow mule, the thing doing the action.

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Why is it lenta and not lentam?

Because adjectives in Latin must agree with the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here, mula is:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative

So the adjective must also be feminine singular nominative:

• mula lenta = slow mule

If it were lentam, that would be accusative feminine singular, so it would not match mula here.

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Why is raedam in the accusative?