Institor pecuniam exigit et navem onerare vult.

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Breakdown of Institor pecuniam exigit et navem onerare vult.

• velle: to want
• pecunia: the money
• navis: the ship

Questions & Answers about Institor pecuniam exigit et navem onerare vult.

Why is institor the subject of the sentence?

Because institor is in the nominative singular, the case normally used for the subject of a finite verb in Latin.

Here, institor is the person doing both actions:

• exigit = he demands/collects
• vult = he wants

So institor is the subject of both verbs.

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What case is pecuniam, and why is it in that case?

Pecuniam is accusative singular.

It is in the accusative because it is the direct object of exigit. In other words, it is the thing being demanded or collected.

A native English speaker can think of it like this:

• institor = the merchant
• exigit = demands/collects
• pecuniam = the money

Latin often marks the direct object with the accusative ending, and here pecunia becomes pecuniam.

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What exactly does exigit mean here?

Exigit is the 3rd person singular present active indicative of exigere.

In context, it can mean:

• demands
• collects
• exacts

So the idea is that the merchant is requiring or collecting money.