Latin noun
diēs
diēs, diēī m./f.
diēs is a Latin noun. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “day” (2 times), “days” (once) and “the day” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from diēs to the words it goes with.
Dum loquimur, fugerit invida aetas: carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.
While we speak, envious time will have fled: seize the day, trusting as little as possible in tomorrow.
diem: object of carpe.
Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem: factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning, one day.
Diem: completes Appellavitque.
Deinde Romae per quinos dies senatores imperaverunt et his regnantibus annus unus completus est.
Then at Rome senators ruled for five days each, and with these reigning, one year was completed.
dies: object of the preposition per; the phrase goes with imperaverunt.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| diem | Accusative · Singular · Masculine | 2 |
| dies | Nominative · Singular · Masculine | 1 |
| dies | Accusative · Plural · Masculine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to diēs by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.