What case is the word "manus" in Seneca's description of a noisy bathhouse
cum fortiores exercentur et manus plumbo graves iactant, cum aut laborant aut laborantem imitantur, gemitus audio,
Nominative plural "hands throw heavy lead weights"
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what case is "manus" in Seneca's Bath house description?
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Re: what case is "manus" in Seneca's Bath house description?
My take: accusative plural depending on iactant.
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Re: what case is "manus" in Seneca's Bath house description?
Yeah, while being modified by the adjective graves (also an accusative plural).