Latin noun
urbs
urbs, urbis f.
urbs is a Latin noun. In the 5 analysed lines it was read in, it means “the city” (2 times), “a city” (once), “of the city” (once) and “to the city” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from urbs to the words it goes with.
Urbem Romam a principio reges habuere;
At the beginning, kings ruled the city of Rome.
Urbem: renames Romam.
multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum, Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
and having suffered much also in war, until he founded a city, and brought his gods to Latium, whence came the Latin race, and the Alban fathers, and the walls of high Rome.
urbem: object of conderet.
Tum, cum uxores ipse et populus suus non haberent, invitavit ad spectaculum ludorum vicinas urbi Romae nationes atque earum virgines rapuit.
Then, since he himself and his people had no wives, he invited to a spectacle of games the nations neighboring the city of Rome, and he seized their maidens.
urbi: object of vicinas.
Nihilne te nocturnum praesidium Palati, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil concursus bonorum omnium, nihil…
Has the nightly garrison on the Palatine not moved you at all, nor the watches of the city, nor the people's fear, nor the gathering of all good men, nor this strongly fortified place for holding the senate, nor the faces and expressions of these men?
urbis: goes with vigiliae (“of …”).
Haec omnia oppida urbem cingunt.
All these towns encircle the city.
urbem: object of cingunt.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| urbem | Accusative · Singular · Feminine | 3 |
| urbi | Dative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| urbis | Genitive · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to urbs 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 dativeThe Latin dative marks the person something is given to, said to or done for. Its uses and endings, with real lines from Horace, Seneca and Catullus.
- About the genitiveThe Latin genitive ties one noun to another, where English says “of” or adds ’s. Its uses and endings, with real lines from the story of Perseus and Genesis.