amicus

the friend

Usages of amicus

• Amicus est laetus.: The friend is happy.
• Puer legit et amicus videt.: The boy reads and the friend sees.
• Salve, amice.: Hello, friend.
• Salvete, amici.: Hello, friends.
• Amicus multum legit.: The friend reads a lot.
• Amicus multum videt.: The friend sees a lot.
• Amicus multum scribit.: The friend writes a lot.
• Amicus cum discipulo in via est.: The friend is on the road with the student.
• Frater amicis vinum non donat.: The brother does not give wine to his friends.
• Discipulus cum amico ad insulam navigat.: The student sails to the island with a friend.
• Cras puer et puella in horto cum amicis ridebunt.: Tomorrow the boy and the girl will laugh with their friends in the garden.
• In die laboramus et studemus, in nocte cum amicis sedemus et amicitiam sentimus.: In the day we work and study, in the night we sit with friends and feel friendship.
• Forte nos in foro amicum videmus.: By chance we see a friend in the forum.
• Multi amici per viam lente ambulant.: Many friends walk slowly along the road.
• Pater rogat: "Cur domi manes et cum amicis non curris?": Father asks: "Why do you stay at home and not run with your friends?"
• Puer sororem rogat: "Quando cum amicis in horto ridebimus?": The boy asks his sister: "When will we laugh with friends in the garden?"
• Vestri amici pauci sunt, sed boni; deinde alii ad scholam venient.: Your friends are few, but good; then others will come to the school.
• Post scholam domum vestram venite, deinde cum aliis amicis ludite.: After school come to your home, then play with the other friends.
• Secunda hora puella cum amicis pila in horto ludit.: At the second hour the girl plays with a ball in the garden with her friends.
• Puer laetus inter amicos ambulat.: The happy boy walks among his friends.
• Spectaculo finito, amici per viam domum ambulant et de scaena loquuntur.: When the show is finished, friends walk home along the road and talk about the stage.
• Post cenam amici in eadem caupona conveniunt et de itinere loquuntur.: After dinner friends meet in the same inn and talk about the journey.
• Discipulus epistulam ab amico accipit.: The student receives a letter from a friend.
• Puer cum amico suo laetior est quam solus.: The boy is happier with his friend than alone.
• Si ullus amicus apud nos manet, ei semper lectus paratus est, et intra domum tutus erit.: If any friend stays with us, a bed is always ready for him, and he will be safe inside the house.
• Soror amicis parva munera dat, et una conviva valde gaudet.: The sister gives small gifts to her friends, and one female guest is very happy.
• Mater sperat amicum suum intra novem dies e carcere liberari posse.: Mother hopes that her friend can be freed from prison within nine days.
• Bona socia honorem non sibi tantum quaerit, sed etiam amicis.: A good ally seeks honor not only for herself but also for her friends.
• Patri displicet quod frater amicis suis non parcit verbis iratis.: Father is displeased that the brother does not spare his friends with angry words.
• Qui amicum fallit, amicitiam laedit.: Whoever deceives a friend harms friendship.
• Decet bonos cives pacta servare et amicos non fallere.: It is fitting for good citizens to keep agreements and not deceive friends.
• Iudex non dubitat quin mercator amicum fallere conatus sit.: The judge does not doubt that the merchant tried to deceive his friend.
• In bibliotheca nemo omnino clamare audet; qui aliquid dicere vult, amico tantum susurrat.: In the library no one dares to shout at all; whoever wants to say something only whispers to a friend.
• Pater dicit fas non esse amicum fallere.: Father says that it is not right to deceive a friend.
• Pater dicit nefas esse amicum fallere.: Father says that it is wrong to deceive a friend.
• Magistra in schola dicit accidere ut homines infelices celerius mutentur, si amici benigni adsint.: The teacher says in school that it happens that unhappy people change more quickly if kind friends are present.
• Contra, aliquando vultus asper dolorem occultum ostendit, et tunc amicum consolari oportet.: On the contrary, sometimes a harsh expression shows hidden pain, and then one ought to comfort a friend.
• Vocativus in verbis “Salve, amice” apparet.: The vocative appears in the words “Hello, friend.”
• Si discordia inter amicos oritur, sapiens eam vitare conatur et verba blanda quaerit.: If discord arises among friends, a wise person tries to avoid it and looks for gentle words.
• Si quis avarus et invidus est, amicos facile amittit; si liberalis et sincerus est, amicitiam diutius servat.: If someone is greedy and envious, he easily loses friends; if he is generous and sincere, he keeps friendship longer.
• Amicus sincerus veritatem aperte dicit.: A sincere friend speaks the truth openly.
• Discordia inter amicos vitanda est.: Discord among friends must be avoided.
• Scriba epistulam longiorem conscripsit, et pater epistulam subscriptam ad amicum misit.: The scribe wrote up a longer letter, and father sent the signed letter to his friend.
• Amicus meus factionem eligit.: My friend chooses a faction.
• Spectator cum amicis ridet.: The spectator laughs with friends.
• Sponsio parva est, amice.: The wager is small, my friend.
• Post certamen amici pignus recipiunt et rident.: After the contest the friends take back the stake and laugh.
• Amici vicissim ludunt.: The friends play in turn.
• Amici sortiuntur, et sors primum lusorem eligit.: The friends draw lots, and chance chooses the first player.
• Amici inter ludum iocantur.: The friends joke during the game.
• Nemo amicum fraudat.: No one cheats a friend.
• Ne adversarius quidem amicum fraudat.: Not even the opponent cheats a friend.
• Amicus opem dat.: A friend gives help.
• Fideicommissum heredem rogat ut pecuniam amico tradat.: The entrusted request asks the heir to hand money to a friend.
• Testator patrimonium amico mancipat.: The testator transfers the estate formally to a friend.
• Cuncti amici rident.: All the friends laugh.
• Piscatio amicis placet, et hodie piscantur.: Fishing pleases the friends, and today they fish.
• Amicus harundine piscatur.: The friend fishes with a fishing rod.
• Quotiens polypus hamum mordet, totiens amici rident.: Whenever the octopus bites the hook, the friends laugh.
• Amici nassam ex aqua extrahunt.: The friends pull the wicker trap out of the water.
• Amici muraenam e nassa extrahunt.: The friends pull a moray eel out of the wicker trap.
• Quotiens pisciculus adnabat, totiens amicus escam spectabat.: Whenever a little fish swam up, the friend watched the bait.
• Quam diu suber movetur, amicus harundinem tenet.: As long as the cork moves, the friend holds the fishing rod.
• Amici figlinam intrant.: The friends enter the pottery workshop.
• Amici rotam figularem et scalprum parant.: The friends prepare the potter's wheel and the graver.
• Amici lecythum et vas unguentarium tenent ne cadant neve frangantur.: The friends hold the oil flask and the perfume vessel so that they neither fall nor break.
• Amicus picturam aspicit.: The friend looks at the painting.
• Miles amicum in periculo non deserit.: The soldier does not abandon his friend in danger.
• Amici ex foro abeunt.: The friends go away from the forum.
• Amici tonstrinam intrant.: The friends enter the barber's shop.
• Amicus tonsuram in speculo videt.: The friend sees the haircut in the mirror.
• Amicus barbam radit.: The friend shaves the beard.
• Quotiens tonsor barbam rasitat, totiens amicus speculum spectat.: As often as the barber keeps the beard close-shaven, so often the friend looks at the mirror.
• Amicus capillamentum tenet.: The friend holds the wig.
• Amicus capillamentum et galericulum in speculo comparat.: The friend compares the wig and the hairpiece in the mirror.
• Amicus cirrum in speculo videt.: The friend sees the lock of hair in the mirror.
• Quotiens ciniflo calamistrum calefacit, totiens amicus se in speculo spectat.: As often as the hair-curler heats the curling iron, so often the friend looks at himself in the mirror.
• Amicus calvitium habet; itaque psilothro aut dropace uti non debet.: The friend is bald, so he should not use the depilatory ointment or plaster.
• Canities amico non placet.: Grey hair does not please the friend.
• Ut primum amici tonstrinam intrant, tonsor involucrum parat.: As soon as the friends enter the barber's shop, the barber prepares the barber's cloth.
• Ut primum tonsor forficem tollit, amicus ridet.: As soon as the barber picks up the shears, the friend laughs.
• Ut primum amicus canitiem videt, galericulum quaerit.: As soon as the friend sees grey hair, he looks for the hairpiece.

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