Quick Latin question

[SorrelZG]

In the sentence:

 

Amici Dei regnum Christi laudant.

 

Is "regnum Christi" considered the direct object or just "regnum"?

 

Okay .. two questions ..

 

The second is, how do you diagram it? Is it like this? (a little imagination needed as I'm not sure how to do this at all in type):

 

amici Dei | laudant | regnum Christi

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[amyco]

That looks straight out of Henle...:)

 

I think "regnum" is the direct object and "Christi" is a possessive adjective describing regnum. So the skeleton is Amici regnum laudant, which is what you would put on your main diagram line. Dei and Christi would go on a slanted line under the nouns they modify.

 

That's my take on it, anyway!

[Colleen in NS]

That looks straight out of Henle...:)

 

I think "regnum" is the direct object and "Christi" is a possessive adjective describing regnum. So the skeleton is Amici regnum laudant, which is what you would put on your main diagram line. Dei and Christi would go on a slanted line under the nouns they modify.

 

That's my take on it, anyway!

 

I think you're right.

[SorrelZG]

That looks straight out of Henle...:)

 

I think "regnum" is the direct object and "Christi" is a possessive adjective describing regnum. So the skeleton is Amici regnum laudant, which is what you would put on your main diagram line. Dei and Christi would go on a slanted line under the nouns they modify.

 

That's my take on it, anyway!

 

:lol: Busted.

 

Okay, I'm ahead of myself. I didn't need to diagram that. It hasn't been taught yet. All I had to do was underline the direct object.

 

So, in the process of waiting I went ahead and racked up about 15 more questions so I went ahead and ordered the answer key. I think I was expecting the answers to be in the back, or something.

[amyco]

I love answer keys. :D But then, sometimes they don't answer every question, and that's when the Hive helps!!