Hardcore Latin - Lesson 71

Question	Answer
The dog drinks water from the bowl.	Canis aquam e catino bibit.
the apple	pomum
The boy picks up the apple from the table and shows it to his sister.	Puer pomum e mensa tollit et sorori ostendit.
The maid carries a bowl with apples and bread to the table.	Serva catinum cum pomis et pane ad mensam fert.
Another maid washes the clean dishes and puts them in the cupboard.	Alia serva scutellas puras lavat et in armario ponit.
The maid carries the basket, in which there is much bread, to the table.	Canistrum, in quo multus panis est, serva ad mensam fert.
In the garden roses and lilies are blooming, and grandmother says that the garden is more beautiful today than yesterday.	In horto rosae et lilia florent, et avia dicit hortum hodie pulchriorem esse quam heri.
Sister puts a red rose and a white violet in water, because their scent is sweet.	Soror rosam rubram et violam albam in aqua ponit, quia odor earum suavis est.
Grandmother comforts the girl with a gentle voice and gives a kiss on her forehead.	Avia puellam blanda voce consolatur et osculum in fronte dat.
Father sits in the study and reads letters, while his daughter plays in the garden.	Pater in tablino sedet et epistulas legit, dum filia in horto ludit.
After dinner everyone sits in the peristyle and talks about the long day.	Post cenam omnes in peristylio sedent et de die longo loquuntur.
Mother leads the guests into the dining room, because dinner is already prepared.	Mater convivas in triclinium ducit, quia cena iam parata est.
Grandmother stands before the small household shrine and greets the goddess with a few words.	Avia ante lararium parvum stat et paucis verbis deam salutat.
When rain falls through the roof-opening, the rain-pool is gradually filled.	Cum pluvia per compluvium cadit, impluvium paulatim completur.
The maid mixes garlic and salt in the mortar while she uses a small pestle.	Serva in mortario allium et salem miscet, dum pistillo parvo utitur.
Then eggs are cooked in the frying pan, and mother takes the hot frying pan from the hearth.	Deinde ova in sartagine coquuntur, et mater sartaginem calidam e foco tollit.
Mother says that the book has been placed in the study and that the flowers have been placed before the household shrine by her daughter.	Mater dicit librum in tablino positum esse et flores ante lararium a filia positos esse.
carried	portatus
The basket carried by the maid has been placed on the table.	Canistrum a serva portatum in mensa positum est.
Father thinks that the basket has been carried by the maid to the dining room, but that the bowl is still remaining in the kitchen.	Pater putat canistrum a serva ad triclinium portatum esse, sed catinum adhuc in culina manere.
cleaned	purgatus
The cleaned floor is now dry.	Pavimentum purgatum iam siccum est.
The teacher says that the dishes have been washed after dinner and that the mortar has not yet been cleaned by the boy.	Magistra narrat scutellas post cenam lotas esse et mortarium a puero nondum purgatum esse.
cooked	coctus
The cooked eggs are on the table.	Ova cocta in mensa sunt.
crushed	tritus
Mother mixes crushed garlic and salt in the mortar.	Mater allium tritum et salem in mortario miscet.
Grandmother says that the eggs have been cooked in the frying pan and that the salt has been well crushed with the pestle in the mortar.	Avia dicit ova in sartagine cocta esse et salem pistillo in mortario bene tritum esse.
When the guest enters the atrium, the girl gives her mother a kiss and says “Hello” in a gentle voice.	Cum hospes in atrium intrat, puella osculum matri dat et blanda voce “Salve” dicit.
In the small peristyle there is clear water in the rain-pool, and the girl looks at the water in it.	In peristylio parvo aqua clara in impluvio est, et puella aquam in eo spectat.
Afterward the maid says that water fell through the roof-opening into the rain-pool, but that the floor is already dry.	Postea serva dicit aquam per compluvium in impluvium cecidisse, sed pavimentum iam siccum esse.
A fragrant lily blooms in the garden, and violets grow near the door.	Lilium suave in horto floret, et violae prope ianuam crescunt.
Near the wall the bramble has long thorns, and so father warns the boys not to go nearer to it.	Prope murum rubus spinas longas habet, itaque pater pueros monet ne eo propius accedant.
Mother decorates the household shrine with a branch of rose and a branch of violet, because it is a festival day.	Mater ramo rosae et ramo violae lararium ornat, quia dies festus est.
While the maid was cleaning the bedroom, the girl took two dishes from the table and put apples in the bowl.	Cum serva cubiculum purgaret, puella de mensa duas scutellas sustulit et in catino mala posuit.
Father stays in the study, while mother arranges the table in the dining room and waits for the guests.	Pater in tablino manet, dum mater in triclinio mensam instruit et convivas exspectat.
If the scent of the lily and the rose is so sweet, why does the guest not stay in the peristyle?	Si odor lilii et rosae tam suavis est, cur hospes in peristylio non maneat?
The teacher asks why there are so many baskets, bowls, and dishes in this house; mother answers that she is sometimes in charge of many banquets.	Magistra rogat cur in hac domo tam multa sint canistra, catini, et scutellae; mater respondet se interdum multis conviviis praeesse.
Grandmother remembers that, when she was young, she often stood before the household shrine and placed roses there.	Avia meminit se, cum iuvenis esset, saepe ante lararium stetisse et rosas ibi posuisse.
sweet-smelling	suavis
The scent of the rose is sweet-smelling.	Odor rosae suavis est.
Thus the girl learns that a home is not only a roof and walls, but also a place where gentle conversations, sweet-smelling flowers, and little kisses preserve friendship.	Sic puella discit domum non solum tectum et parietes esse, sed etiam locum ubi blandi sermones, flores suaves, et parva oscula amicitiam servant.
the maid	ancilla
the well	puteus
to draw	haurire
The maid draws water from the well.	Ancilla aquam e puteo haurit.
the room	cella
the candle	candela
Another maid lights a candle in the small room.	Alia ancilla in cella parva candelam accendit.
deep	altus
The well is deep, and the maid draws water from the well.	Puteus altus est, et ancilla aquam e puteo haurit.
Mother says that the well is deep, but that the maid can draw water easily.	Mater dicit puteum altum esse, sed ancillam aquam facile haurire posse.
the porridge	puls
In the cold room warm porridge is ready.	In cella frigida puls calida parata est.
to be thirsty	sitire
The girl is thirsty, and so she drinks water from the vessel.	Puella sitit, itaque aquam e vase bibit.
If the girl is thirsty again, the maid will bring her water from the well.	Si puella iterum sitiet, ancilla ei aquam e puteo afferet.
to be hungry	esurire
The brother is hungry too, but mother says that dinner is not yet ready.	Frater quoque esurit, sed mater dicit cenam nondum paratam esse.
A small candle shines in the room, because the night is dark.	Candela parva in cella lucet, quia nox obscura est.
to extinguish	extinguere
Mother warns the girl to extinguish the candle before sleep.	Mater puellam monet ut candelam ante somnum extinguat.
If the wind is strong, the maid extinguishes the candle at once.	Si ventus fortis est, ancilla candelam statim extinguit.
the axe	securis
the saw	serra
Father keeps an axe and a saw in the workshop.	Pater securim et serram in officina servat.
the log	truncus
to split	findere
Father splits the dry log with an axe.	Pater truncum siccum securi findit.
The servant cuts wood with a saw, but father splits the log with an axe.	Servus lignum serra secat, sed pater truncum securi findit.
Father splits a dry branch with an axe.	Pater ramum siccum securi findit.
If the wood is dry, the axe splits it more easily.	Si lignum siccum est, securis id facilius findit.
suitable	idoneus
The teacher says that this book is suitable for the girl.	Magistra dicit hunc librum puellae idoneum esse.
This chair is not suitable for me, but that bench is more comfortable.	Haec sella mihi non est idonea, sed illud scamnum commodius est.
empty	inanis
The boy cannot sleep on an empty stomach.	Puer inani ventre dormire non potest.
the solitude	solitudo
The solitude of the forest is pleasing to grandmother.	Solitudo silvae aviae grata est.
perhaps	forsitan
Perhaps tomorrow we will go to the well again.	Forsitan cras ad puteum iterum ibimus.
Mother answers: “Perhaps, if the rain does not fall.”	Mater respondet: “Forsitan, si imber non cadet.”
surely not	num
Surely the truth does not harm friendship?	Num veritas amicitiam laedit?
on the contrary	immo
The boy is not sleeping; on the contrary, he is looking at the moon through the window.	Puer non dormit; immo per fenestram lunam spectat.
“Does solitude displease you?” “On the contrary, I sometimes like it.”	“Num solitudo tibi displicet?” “Immo, mihi interdum placet.”
no / rather	immo
The boy is not crying; rather, he is laughing.	Puer non lacrimat; immo ridet.
“Are you hungry?” “No, I am thirsty more than hungry.”	“Esurisne?” “Immo, sitio magis quam esurio.”
While the maid was drawing water, the girl was singing near the well.	Cum ancilla aquam hauriret, puella prope puteum cantabat.
After they drew the water, the maid and the girl returned to the room.	Postquam aquam hauserunt, ancilla et puella in cellam redierunt.
If the stomach is empty, even simple porridge seems sweet.	Si venter inanis est, etiam puls simplex dulcis videtur.
The girl says that she is thirsty, because she worked in the garden all day.	Puella dicit se sitire, quia tota die in horto laboravit.
the servant girl	serva
The servant girl brings lukewarm water to the boy.	Serva puero aquam tepidam affert.
rather	immo
I do not want to go to the forum; rather, I prefer to stay in the library.	Ad forum ire nolo; immo in bibliotheca manere malo.
The servant girl—or rather, the new maid—carries the candle and closes the door.	Serva, immo ancilla nova, candelam fert et ostium claudit.
The teacher warns the boys not to go too far from the road in solitude.	Magistra pueros monet ne in solitudine nimis longe a via discedant.
peaceful	quietus
At last father extinguishes the candle, and everyone sleeps peacefully.	Denique pater candelam extinguit, et omnes quieti dormiunt.
preserved	servatus
The very old book has been preserved in a large chest.	Codex veterrimus in cista magna servatus est.
With peace preserved, the province remains peaceful.	Pace servata, provincia quieta manet.

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