Turba in foro me premit.

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Breakdown of Turba in foro me premit.

• forum: the forum
• me: me
• turba: the crowd

Questions & Answers about Turba in foro me premit.

What does turba mean, and why is the verb singular if a crowd contains many people?

Turba means crowd. In Latin, just as in English, crowd is grammatically singular even though it refers to many people.

So turba ... premit means the crowd ... presses/is pressing, not the crowd press.

• turba = a crowd
• it is a singular noun
• therefore premit is also singular

Latin makes the verb agree with the grammatical number of the noun, not with the number of people inside the group.

Why is me used instead of ego?

Because me is the accusative form of the first-person pronoun, and it is the direct object of the verb.

• ego = I (subject form, nominative)
• me = me (object form, accusative or ablative depending on context)

In this sentence, the crowd is doing the action, and me is receiving it:

• turba = the subject
• premit = presses
• me = the person being pressed

So ego premit would be wrong here.

What case is turba, and how can I tell?

Turba is . It is the of the sentence.