Aqua deorsum e monte fluit et ad flumen pervenit.

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Breakdown of Aqua deorsum e monte fluit et ad flumen pervenit.

• aqua: the water
• ad: to
• flumen: the river

Questions & Answers about Aqua deorsum e monte fluit et ad flumen pervenit.

Why is aqua nominative here?

Because aqua is the subject of both verbs: fluit and pervenit.

• aqua = water
• It is the thing that flows and reaches

So Latin uses the nominative case for the subject, just as English uses normal subject position:

• Water flows
• Water reaches the river

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What does deorsum mean, and what kind of word is it?

Deorsum means downward or downwards. It is an adverb.

It tells you how the water flows:

• Aqua deorsum fluit = The water flows downward

It does not change form, because adverbs in Latin do not agree with nouns.

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Why does Latin say e monte for from the mountain?