Latin conjunction
et
et is a Latin conjunction. In the 26 analysed lines it was read in, it means “and” (35 times), “also” (once) and “both” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from et to the words it goes with.
In principio creavit Deus caelum et terram.
In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
et: joins terram to what comes before.
libertatem et consulatum L. Brutus instituit.
L. Brutus established liberty and the consulship.
et: joins consulatum to what comes before.
Ad rivum eundem lupus et agnus venerant siti compulsi;
To the same stream the wolf and the lamb had come, driven by thirst.
et: joins lupus to what comes before.
Gallos ab Aquitanis Garumna flumen, a Belgis Matrona et Sequana dividit.
The Garumna river divides the Gauls from the Aquitani, and the Matrona and Sequana divide them from the Belgae.
et: joins Sequana to what comes before.
Comprehendit igitur Perseum adhuc infantem, et cum matre in arca lignea inclusit.
Therefore, he seized Perseus while still an infant, and shut him up with his mother in a wooden chest.
et: joins Comprehendit to what comes before.
Soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Suns are able to set and rise again: for us, when once the brief light has set, there is one perpetual night to be slept through.
et: joins occidere to what comes before.
vindica te tibi, et tempus, quod adhuc aut auferebatur aut subripiebatur aut excidebat, collige et serva.
Reclaim yourself for yourself, and gather and preserve the time which up to now was either being carried away or being stolen or slipping away.
et: joins vindica to what comes before.
Nonum Kal. Septembres hora fere septima mater mea indicat ei apparere nubem inusitata et magnitudine et specie.
On the ninth day before the Kalends of September, at about the seventh hour, my mother points out to him that a cloud of unusual size and appearance is appearing.
et: joins magnitudine to what comes before.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| et | Conjunction | 37 |
Words it goes with
Joined to et by an arc in these lines, most often first.