mercator

the merchant

Usages of mercator

• Mercator intrat in villam.: The merchant enters the villa.
• Mercator panem et vinum in villa cenat.: The merchant dines on bread and wine in the villa.
• Mercator patri panem donat.: The merchant gives bread to father.
• Multi mercatores in foro ambulant et tabernas intrant.: Many merchants walk in the forum and enter the shops.
• Multi mercatores per forum festinant.: Many merchants hurry through the forum.
• Mercator ad oppidum ambulat.: The merchant walks to the town.
• Discipula bonum mercatorem amat.: The female student loves the good merchant.
• Mercator piscem vendit et magnum pretium petit.: The merchant sells fish and asks a high price.
• Mercator veteres tunicas vendit, sed magnum pretium petit.: The merchant sells old tunics, but asks a high price.
• In via clamor mercatorum magnus est, sed in culina solum coquus et servus quiete loquuntur.: In the street the merchants’ noise is loud, but in the kitchen only the cook and the servant speak quietly.
• Mercator occupatus in taberna manet, sed servus vinum ad villam portat.: The busy merchant stays in the shop, but the servant carries wine to the villa.
• Mercator a foro ad villam ambulat.: The merchant walks from the forum to the villa.
• Vir mercatorem accusat, sed mercator se defendit.: A man accuses the merchant, but the merchant defends himself.
• Femina testis dicit se mercatorem in taberna vidisse.: A woman witness says that she saw the merchant in the shop.
• Teste audito, iudex dicit mercatorem pecuniam reddere oportere.: After the witness has been heard, the judge says that the merchant must return the money.
• Nuntius clam ad tabernam venit et mercatori consilium dat.: A messenger comes secretly to the shop and gives the merchant advice.
• Mercator clam epistulam sub mensa relinquit, sed servus eam tollit et dominam vocat.: The merchant secretly leaves a letter under the table, but the servant picks it up and calls the mistress.
• Discipula aperte mercatorem accusat, quia pretium nimium petivit.: The female student openly accuses the merchant, because he asked too high a price.
• Mercator autem se defendere vult et dicit se veritatem semper dicere.: The merchant, however, wants to defend himself and says that he always tells the truth.
• Post iudicium mercator pecuniam reddere vult.: After the trial the merchant wants to return the money.
• In taberna proxima mercator panem emit.: In the nearest shop the merchant buys bread.
• Iudex mercatori dicit: “Noli mendacium dicere; veritatem dic.”: The judge says to the merchant: “Do not tell a lie; tell the truth.”
• Mercator negat se pretium nimium petere.: The merchant denies that he is asking too high a price.
• Mercator argentum accipit et reliquos nummos matri dat.: The merchant takes the money and gives the remaining coins to mother.
• Si nihil in crumena est, a mercatore nihil emere possumus.: If there is nothing in the purse, we can buy nothing from the merchant.
• In foro mercatores sine ordine sedentes pretia magna clamant.: In the forum the merchants, sitting without order, shout high prices.
• Iudex dicit mercatorem pretium minuere oportere.: The judge says that the merchant ought to lower the price.
• Mercator respondet oleum quoque carum constare, quia annus difficilis fuit.: The merchant answers that oil too costs a lot, because the year was difficult.
• Mercator nobis duo pocula offert: unum carum, aliud vile.: The merchant offers us two cups: one expensive, the other cheap.
• Mercator autem discedere non vult, quia amphorae adhuc in portu manent.: The merchant, however, does not want to leave, because the jars are still in the harbor.
• Dum nautae signa tempestatis in caelo observant, mercator e portu discedere non vult.: While the sailors observe signs of the storm in the sky, the merchant does not want to leave the harbor.
• Mercator horreum ingreditur et custodem salutat.: The merchant enters the warehouse and greets the guard.
• Mercator pondus panis et casei in libra spectat.: The merchant looks at the weight of the bread and cheese on the scale.
• Mercator fatetur dolium parvum fractum esse, sed dicit aliud dolium bonum manere.: The merchant admits that the small barrel is broken, but says that another barrel remains good.
• Mercator dicit mercem bonam esse.: The merchant says that the merchandise is good.
• In sporta mercatoris quinque mala et octo nuces sunt.: In the merchant’s basket there are five apples and eight nuts.
• Mercator iustus esse non dicitur, quia pretium nimium petit.: The merchant is not said to be just, because he asks too high a price.
• Argentarius mercatori pecuniam non facile commodabit, si debitum vetus nondum solutum est.: The banker will not easily lend money to the merchant if the old debt has not yet been paid.
• Iudex non dubitat quin mercator amicum fallere conatus sit.: The judge does not doubt that the merchant tried to deceive his friend.
• Honestas mercatori deest, si pretium iniustum petit.: A merchant lacks honesty if he asks an unfair price.
• Cupiditas pecuniae mercatorem caecum facit.: Desire for money makes the merchant blind.
• Mater dicit pretium mercatoris iniustum esse.: Mother says that the merchant’s price is unfair.
• Mercator pretium nimium poscit, sed mater tantum dare recusat.: The merchant demands too high a price, but mother refuses to give so much.
• Avaritia mercatorem caecum facit, et invidia amicitiam saepe laedit.: Greed makes the merchant blind, and envy often harms friendship.
• In foro ne barbari quidem mercatores hodie strepitum faciunt, quia praeco eos tacere iubet.: In the forum not even foreign merchants make noise today, because the herald orders them to be silent.
• Mercator barbarus in foro panem vendit.: The foreign merchant sells bread in the forum.
• Mercator longe a foro habitat.: The merchant lives far from the forum.
• Nauta dicit Corinthum quoque urbem claram esse et multos mercatores ibi manere.: The sailor says that Corinth too is a famous city and that many merchants stay there.
• Mercator ex Sicilia ad Brundisium navigat.: The merchant sails from Sicily to Brundisium.
• Mercator hoc monile carius vendit quam illam armillam.: The merchant sells this necklace at a higher price than that bracelet.
• Si mercator pretium nimium poscit, pater nihil emit.: If the merchant asks too high a price, father buys nothing.
• Eadem femina liberalis dicit amicitiam magis quam pecuniam valere, sed mercator avarus hoc non intellegit.: The same generous woman says that friendship is worth more than money, but the greedy merchant does not understand this.
• Mercator lucrum quaerit, sed pater damnum timet, si pretium nimium est.: The merchant seeks profit, but father fears a loss if the price is too high.
• Si fraus in taberna latet, mercator parvum lucrum facit, emptor autem magnum damnum patitur.: If deceit is hidden in the shop, the merchant makes a small profit, but the buyer suffers a great loss.
• Nundinae in hoc pago omnibus gratae sunt, quia ibi et coloni et mercatores inter se conveniunt.: The market day in this village is pleasing to everyone, because farmers and merchants meet one another there.
• Mercator panem venditurus ad forum festinat.: The merchant hurries to the forum, about to sell bread.
• Mercator ex Aegypto chartam ad Alexandriam portat.: The merchant carries paper from Egypt to Alexandria.
• Mercatrix dicit Delum insulam parvam esse, sed mercatoribus utilem.: The female merchant says that Delos is a small island, but useful to merchants.
• Magistra addit multos mercatores Delo olim convenisse.: The teacher adds that many merchants once met on Delos.
• Aedilis mane forum intrat et a mercatoribus modestiam postulat.: The aedile enters the forum in the morning and demands moderation from the merchants.
• Mercator Carthagini et Massiliae saepe moratur, sed domi rarius est.: The merchant often stays at Carthage and Massilia, but he is at home more rarely.

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