Propinqua, quae procul habitat, cras ad nuptias veniet.

to live

Breakdown of Propinqua, quae procul habitat, cras ad nuptias veniet.

• ad: to
• cras: tomorrow
• venire: to come

Questions & Answers about Propinqua, quae procul habitat, cras ad nuptias veniet.

What part of speech is propinqua here? Is it an adjective or a noun?

Here propinqua is being used as a noun, meaning a female relative or a kinswoman.

That said, propinquus / propinqua / propinquum can also be an adjective meaning near or nearby. Latin often lets adjectives function as nouns when the context makes the meaning clear.

In this sentence, it is clearly the subject of veniet, so it means the female relative.

Why is quae used?

Quae is a relative pronoun meaning who here.

It refers back to propinqua, so it must match it in:

• gender: feminine
• number: singular

So quae means who, referring to the female relative.

This begins the relative clause:

• quae procul habitat = who lives far away

Why is it quae and not quam or some other form?

Because quae is the subject of the relative clause.

In quae procul habitat, the person doing the living is the female relative herself. So the relative pronoun must be in the .