Equi iugales parati sunt.

to be

Breakdown of Equi iugales parati sunt.

• equus: the horse
• paratus: ready
• iugalis: yoked; harnessed as part of a team

Questions & Answers about Equi iugales parati sunt.

What case and number is equi here?

Here equi is nominative plural of equus, so it means horses as the subject of the sentence.

A beginner often notices that equi can also be genitive singular in some contexts, meaning of the horse. But here that would not fit, because iugales, parati, and sunt all point to a plural subject.

Why does equi end in -i?

Because equus is a second-declension masculine noun, and its nominative plural ending is -i.

So:

• equus = horse
• equi = horses

This is one of the most common plural patterns in Latin.

What is iugales grammatically?

Iugales is an adjective modifying equi.

It is:

• nominative
• plural
• masculine

because it agrees with equi. Latin adjectives usually match the nouns they describe in gender, number, and case.