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Usages of magister
Discipulus et magister in via sunt.
The student and the teacher are on the road.
Discipulus intrat et vinum magistro donat.
The student enters and gives wine to the teacher.
Magister patri vinum non donat, sed matri panem donat.
The teacher does not give wine to father, but gives bread to mother.
Soror magistro florem donat.
The sister gives a flower to the teacher.
Magister malum in mensa videt.
The teacher sees an apple on the table.
Magistra discipulis narrat de mari.
(The teacher tells the students about the sea.)
Nos cum magistra in oppidum ambulamus et forum intramus.
(We walk into the town with the teacher and enter the forum.)
Magister in taberna panem et vinum videt.
The teacher sees bread and wine in the shop.
Magister discipulam tristem videt.
The teacher sees the sad student.
Magister discipulis narrat: “Mens bona te fortem facit.”
(The teacher tells the students: “A good mind makes you strong.”)
Discipulus clamat: “Magister, possum studere, sed dormire non possum!”
(The student shouts: “Teacher, I can study, but I cannot sleep!”)
Magister dicit: “Discipuli multum student, et eorum mentes manent fortes.”
(The teacher says: “The students study a lot, and their minds remain strong.”)
Magister ante templum stat et orat.
The teacher stands before the temple and prays.
Magister in horto laetior est quam in villa.
The teacher is happier in the garden than in the house.
Discipulus magistro verbum mittit.
The student sends a word to the teacher.
Magister mihi liber Latinus dat.
The teacher gives me a Latin book.
Magister me laudat.
The teacher praises me.
Laetus sum, quia magister meus me laudat.
I am happy because my teacher praises me.
Magister discipulum tuum vocat.
The teacher calls your student.
Nunc magister pacem amat et discipuli eum laudent.
Now the teacher loves peace and the students praise him.
Heri magister in schola multum docuit, et discipuli eum audiverunt.
Yesterday the (male) teacher taught a lot in the school, and the students listened to him.
Dum magister fabulam narrat, discipuli libros non legunt sed vocem eius audiunt.
While the teacher tells a story, the students do not read books but listen to his voice.
Cras magister ad scholam nuntium mittet et cum discipulis novam amicitiam faciet.
Tomorrow the teacher will send a message to the school and will make a new friendship with the students.
Dum discipuli ad scholam veniunt, magister in schola manet.
While the students come to the school, the teacher stays in the school.
Magister quoque in horto sedet.
The teacher also sits in the garden.
Magister eam vocat.
The teacher calls her.
Magister rogat: "Cur discipuli hodie in schola non manent?"
The teacher asks: "Why do the students not stay in the school today?"
In schola magnum silentium est, et magister tacet.
In the school there is great silence, and the teacher is silent.
Magister discipulos vocat: "Nolite timere, pueri, et venite huc."
The teacher calls the students: "Do not be afraid, children, and come here."
Tertia hora discipuli iam fessi sunt, sed magister adhuc docet.
At the third hour the students are already tired, but the teacher is still teaching.
Magister numerum in libro videt.
The teacher sees a number in the book.
Magister cum discipulo in horto de libro loquitur.
The teacher speaks with the student in the garden about the book.
Magister magnam tabulam parat ut discipuli verba nova clare scribant.
The teacher prepares a large board so that the students may clearly write the new words.
Magister cum discipulis in schola manet, ne pueri soli per viam domum currant; nam pueri ibi tuti sunt.
The teacher stays in the school with the students, so that the boys do not run home alone through the street; for there the boys are safe.
Discipuli libros legunt et cum magistro loquuntur; sic cotidie multum discunt, ut mentes eorum semper fortiores sint.
The students read books and talk with the teacher; thus every day they learn much, so that their minds may always be stronger.
Cum magister tacet, discipuli veritatem facilius audiunt.
When the teacher is silent, the students hear the truth more easily.
Discipuli cum magistro de bello loquuntur.
The students talk with the teacher about war.
Magister consilium dat, et discipuli id sequi volunt: “Si verba nova discere vis, epistulas breves scribe.”
The teacher gives advice, and the students want to follow it: “If you want to learn new words, write short letters.”
Magister id putat verum esse.
The teacher thinks it is true.
Magister mihi consilium dat, et ego id sequi volo.
The teacher gives me advice, and I want to follow it.
Pater magistro consilium dat.
The father gives advice to the teacher.
Magister dicit nuntium verum esse.
The teacher says that the message is true.
Magister dicit: “Si veritatem dicitis, gaudium vincet; si mendacium dicitis, timor latet in mente.”
The teacher says: “If you tell the truth, joy will win; if you tell a lie, fear lies hidden in the mind.”
Magister dicit discipulos non semper intellegere, sed conari debere.
The teacher says that the students do not always understand, but ought to try.
Magistra dicit bonos discipulos magistris parere oportere.
The teacher says that good students ought to obey their teachers.
In prima pagina chartae magister nomen suum scribit, sed discipulus nondum stilum tenet.
On the first page of the paper the teacher writes his name, but the student is not yet holding the stylus.
Post scholam liber magistro dandus est.
After school the book must be given to the teacher.
Boni discipuli magistris parent, quia disciplina et mos in schola utiles sunt.
Good students obey their teachers, because discipline and custom are useful in school.
Magister in tabula exemplum bonum scribit, et discipuli id in charta scribunt.
The teacher writes a good example on the board, and the students write it on paper.
Magister discipulos monet ut per vicum rectum eant et ad angulum dextrum vertant.
The teacher warns the students to go through the straight street and turn at the right corner.
Magister dicit discipulos pacem in schola servare debere.
The teacher says that the students ought to preserve peace in the school.
Magister dicit titulum bonum esse, sed in secunda linea mendum parvum latere.
The teacher says that the title is good, but that a small mistake is hidden in the second line.
Cum titulus nimis longus esset, magister eum breviorem facere iussit.
Since the title was too long, the teacher ordered it to be made shorter.
Magister dicit codicem veterrimum pulcherrimum quoque esse, quia cera et sigillum eius adhuc servantur.
The teacher says that the oldest book is also the most beautiful, because its wax and seal are still preserved.
Tacete; magister enim in bibliotheca legit.
Be silent; for the teacher is reading in the library.
Magister discipulis dicit: “Extra scholam currere vobis nunc non licet.”
The teacher says to the students: “You are not allowed to run outside the school now.”
Post scholam magister cum discipulis de sermone brevi et claro loquitur.
After school the teacher speaks with the students about a short and clear conversation.
Magister dicit se exemplum bonum in tabula scripturum esse.
The teacher says that he will write a good example on the board.
Magister dicit ordinem in schola servandum esse.
The teacher says that order must be preserved in the school.
Magister dicit discipulos in bibliotheca tacere oportere.
The teacher says that the students ought to be silent in the library.
Test yourself: What does magister mean?
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