Hardcore Latin - Lesson 78

Question	Answer
the country	rus
Massilia	Massilia
to study	discere
Lucia prefers to study new words in the library after dinner.	Lucia post cenam in bibliotheca verba nova discere mavult.
Mother prefers to live in the country, but her daughter wants to study at Massilia.	Mater ruri vivere mavult, sed filia Massiliae discere cupit.
purer	purior
The water in the spring is purer than the water in the river.	Aqua in fonte purior est quam aqua in flumine.
the suburb	suburbium
Father says that the air in the country is purer than in the suburb.	Pater dicit aerem ruri puriorem esse quam in suburbio.
the weaver	textor
the fuller	fullo
In our suburb many weavers and fullers live.	In suburbio nostro multi textores et fullones habitant.
the female weaver	textrix
the purple cloth	purpura
the cloak	paenula
Another weaver woman shows purple cloth and says that she can make beautiful cloaks.	Alia textrix purpuram ostendit et dicit se paenulas pulchras facere posse.
the belt	balteus
Father buys a new belt from a weaver, because the old one is broken.	Pater a textore balteum novum emit, quia vetus fractus est.
Sister puts on a new cloak and uses a light belt.	Soror paenulam novam induit et balteo levi utitur.
the upper room	cenaculum
the terrace	solarium
In the upper room above the shop the girl writes, while mother dries clothes on the terrace.	In cenaculo supra tabernam puella scribit, dum mater in solario vestes siccat.
When the rain has stopped, everyone will go up onto the terrace so that they may feel the sea wind.	Cum imber desierit, omnes in solarium ascendent, ut ventum maris sentiant.
the ground	humus
But a book is lying on the ground, and the baby tries to touch it.	Sed liber humi iacet, et infans eum tangere conatur.
The dog sleeps on the ground before the door of the upper room.	Canis humi dormit ante ostium cenaculi.
the linen	linum
The merchant woman wants to set out for Massilia, because she hopes to find good linen and bright purple cloth there.	Mercatrix Massiliam proficisci vult, quia ibi linum bonum et purpuram claram invenire sperat.
Carthage	Carthago
skilled	peritus
The skilled weaver makes a beautiful cloak.	Textor peritus paenulam pulchram facit.
Father, however, prefers to sail to Carthage, for the fullers at Carthage are said to be skilled.	Pater autem Carthaginem navigare mavult, nam Carthagini fullones periti esse dicuntur.
Syracuse	Syracusae
the inn	diversorium
Grandmother says that she once stayed in a small inn at Syracuse.	Avia narrat se Syracusis olim in diversorio parvo mansisse.
the alley	angiportum
The boy runs through the dark alley to the forum.	Puer per angiportum obscurum ad forum currit.
That same grandmother says that the inn was clean, although it stood in a dark alley.	Eadem avia dicit diversorium illud mundum fuisse, quamquam in angiporto obscuro stabat.
Sparta	Sparta
stricter	severior
The teacher is stricter today than yesterday, because the students are not silent in the library.	Magistra hodie severior est quam heri, quia discipuli in bibliotheca non tacent.
The teacher asks whether discipline was stricter at Sparta or at Syracuse.	Magistra rogat utrum Spartae an Syracusis severior disciplina fuerit.
very famous	clarissimus
Alexandria is a very famous city.	Alexandria urbs clarissima est.
to visit	visere
We want to visit grandmother after school.	Nos aviam post scholam visere volumus.
Father replies that Sparta was very famous, but that he prefers to visit Syracuse.	Pater respondet Spartam clarissimam fuisse, sed se potius Syracusas visere velle.
The merchant often stays at Carthage and Massilia, but he is at home more rarely.	Mercator Carthagini et Massiliae saepe moratur, sed domi rarius est.
the warp	stamen
to hang	pendere
The damp clothes are hanging under the roof.	Vestimenta umida sub tecto pendent.
the weft	subtemen
to draw	ducere
The teacher draws a line on the board.	Magistra lineam in tabula ducit.
In the weaver’s workshop a long warp hangs down, and the weaver woman slowly draws the weft.	In officina textoris stamen longum pendet, et textrix subtemen lente ducit.
to entangle	implicare
Mother warns her daughter not to entangle the warp while she draws the weft.	Mater filiam monet ne stamen implicet, dum subtemen ducit.
Mother shows her daughter how to hold the warp straight, so that the weft may not get tangled.	Mater filiae monstrat quomodo stamen rectum teneat, ne subtemen implicetur.
to make	reddere
The hope of peace makes the citizens braver.	Spes pacis cives fortiores reddit.
White linen is handed over to the fuller so that he may wash it and make it softer.	Fulloni linum album traditur, ut id lavet et mollius reddat.
If you live at Rome in a small upper room, a terrace can be of great use to you.	Si Romae in cenaculo parvo habitas, solarium tibi magno usui esse potest.
Those who stay in the suburb sometimes seek a quieter life in the country.	Qui in suburbio manent, interdum ruri quietiorem vitam quaerunt.
The boy asks why the weaver sells the purple cloth at so high a price.	Puer quaerit cur textor purpuram tanti pretii vendat.
the hostess	hospita
The hostess sets out water and bread for the travelers.	Hospita viatoribus aquam et panem proponit.
When the girl had arrived late at the inn, the hostess showed her a quiet upper room.	Cum puella ad diversorium sero venisset, hospita ei cenaculum quietum monstravit.
In the morning they sat on the terrace and talked for a long time about Massilia, Carthage, Sparta, and Syracuse.	Mane in solario sederunt et de Massilia, Carthagine, Sparta, atque Syracusis diu locuti sunt.
neither ... nor	neque ... neque
Neither father nor mother wants to go to the forum.	Neque pater neque mater ad forum ire volunt.
Although the journey was long, mother said that she rested neither in the country nor in the city as well as in that inn.	Quamvis iter longum esset, mater dixit se neque ruri neque in urbe tam bene quiescere quam in illo diversorio.
Thus the daughter learned both where the book was lying on the ground and how cloaks, belts, linen, and purple cloth were cared for by a fuller or by a weaver.	Sic filia didicit et ubi humi liber iaceret et quomodo paenulae, baltei, linum, purpuraque a fullone aut a textore curarentur.

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