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Learn Hardcore Latin: hortus - the garden

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 2
/hortus

hortus

Word

hortus

Meaning

the garden

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of hortus

Pater in horto laborat.

The father works in the garden.

Soror et frater in horto flores vident.

The sister and brother see flowers in the garden.

Mater non cenat in villa, sed in horto cum familia cenat.

Mother does not dine in the villa, but dines in the garden with her family.

Filia aquam in horto petit.

The daughter seeks water in the garden.

Agricola in agris multum laborat, sed filius in horto ludit.

The farmer works a lot in the fields, but the son plays in the garden.

Discipula magistrae flores donat, et cum ea in horto sedet.

(The female student gives flowers to the female teacher, and sits with her in the garden.)

Filius in horto saepe ludit.

The son often plays in the garden.

Agricola panem in horto sumit.

The farmer takes bread in the garden.

Discipulus in horto sedet.

The student sits in the garden.

Si pater in horto laborat, frater cenat in villa.

If the father works in the garden, the brother dines in the villa.

Puer in horto timet.

The boy is afraid in the garden.

Agricola per hortum ambulat.

The farmer walks through the garden.

Magistra discipulis fabulam in horto narrat.

The teacher tells the students a story in the garden.

Si timidus es, studere potes in urbe, sed si fortis es, potes dormire in horto.

If you are timid, you can study in the city, but if you are brave, you can sleep in the garden.

Timidus puer in horto sedet, quia ignem non amat.

(The timid boy sits in the garden, because he does not love fire.)

Senex saepe in horto orat et pacem sperat.

The old man often prays in the garden and hopes for peace.

Magister in horto laetior est quam in villa.

The teacher is happier in the garden than in the house.

Equus altus in horto stat.

The tall horse stands in the garden.

Omnes discipuli in horto sedent et libros legunt.

All the students sit in the garden and read books.

Equus pulcher in horto stat.

The beautiful horse stands in the garden.

Cras puer et puella in horto cum amicis ridebunt.

Tomorrow the boy and the girl will laugh with their friends in the garden.

Magister quoque in horto sedet.

The teacher also sits in the garden.

Mater respondet: "Nonne avia in horto cantabit, ubi luna et stellae lucent? Nunc fenestram aperio, ita lucerna clara erit."

Mother answers: "Won’t grandmother sing in the garden, where the moon and stars shine? Now I am opening the window, so the lamp will be bright."

Puer fessus matrem rogat: "Quid hodie in horto facere possumus, si avia non cantat?"

The tired boy asks mother: "What can we do in the garden today, if grandmother does not sing?"

Puer sororem rogat: "Quando cum amicis in horto ridebimus?"

The boy asks his sister: "When will we laugh with friends in the garden?"

Fortasse discipulus in horto sedet.

Perhaps the student sits in the garden.

Filius in horto ludit, soror autem in domo legit.

The son plays in the garden, but the sister reads in the house.

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.

Vespere pueri et puellae in horto saltant et cantant.

In the evening the boys and girls dance and sing in the garden.

Avia in horto ambulat.

Grandmother walks in the garden.

Puer cum eo in horto sedet.

The boy sits with him in the garden.

Magnus puer in horto ludit.

The big boy plays in the garden.

Avia solum in horto ambulat.

Grandmother walks only in the garden.

Magister cum discipulo in horto de libro loquitur.

The teacher speaks with the student in the garden about the book.

Puer dicit: "Hic hortus parvus est, ille autem hortus prope flumen magnus et pulcher est."

The boy says: "This garden is small, but that garden near the river is large and beautiful."

Puer solus in cubiculo sedet ut aviam in horto audire possit.

The boy sits alone in the bedroom so that he can hear grandmother in the garden.

Puer in horto clavem quaerit, sed eam non invenit.

The boy looks for a key in the garden, but he does not find it.

Medicus matrem in cubiculum ducit, puerum sanat, et post paucos dies puer iterum in horto ludit.

The doctor leads the mother into the bedroom, heals the boy, and after a few days the boy plays in the garden again.

Mater mane laborare incipit, sed vespere in horto cum familia sedet.

Mother begins to work in the morning, but in the evening she sits in the garden with the family.

Mater dicit ventum mox desiturum esse, et nos in horto exspectamus.

Mother says the wind will soon stop, and we wait in the garden.

Capra in horto lente ambulat.

The goat walks slowly in the garden.

Nemo respondet, quia serva in horto aquam portat.

No one answers, because the female servant is carrying water in the garden.

Avus, qui in horto sedet, fabulam de familia sua narrat; memoria eius adhuc clara est.

Grandfather, who is sitting in the garden, tells a story about his family; his memory is still clear.

Post hiemem ver venit, et puellae flores in horto iterum vident.

After winter spring comes, and the girls see flowers in the garden again.

In horto puer malum rubrum videt et folia viridia sub arbore.

In the garden the boy sees a red apple and green leaves under the tree.

Capra herbam in horto edit.

The goat eats grass in the garden.

Meridie servi in horto non laborant, sed sub umbra sedent et aquam bibunt.

At midday the servants do not work in the garden, but sit in the shade and drink water.

Puer tecum in horto ludere vult.

The boy wants to play with you in the garden.

Meridie sudor in pectore servi manet, quia in horto multum laborat.

At midday sweat remains on the servant’s chest, because he works a lot in the garden.

Avia in horto cantans a puella libenter auditur.

Grandmother, singing in the garden, is gladly heard by the girl.

Avia vespere in horto cantare solet.

Grandmother usually sings in the garden in the evening.

Post tempestatem pauci flores in horto manent.

After the storm, few flowers remain in the garden.

Pater timet ne puer neglegens volumen suum iterum in horto relinquat.

Father fears that the careless boy may leave his scroll in the garden again.

Postea anates e horto ad aquam ambulant, et gallus eas spectat.

Afterward the ducks walk from the garden to the water, and the rooster watches them.

Avus diu in horto sedet et fabulam narrat.

Grandfather sits in the garden for a long time and tells a story.

Puella septem flores et decem folia in horto numerat, dum soror eius cantat.

The girl counts seven flowers and ten leaves in the garden while her sister sings.

Mater novum opus in horto suscipit, quamquam tempus breve est.

Mother undertakes a new task in the garden, although the time is short.

Cum sol oritur, aves in horto cantant.

When the sun rises, birds sing in the garden.

Pluvia pueros impedit, ne in horto ludant.

The rain prevents the boys from playing in the garden.

Puer dicit se in horto quiescere malle quam domi cubare, sed mater eum intra domum manere iubet.

The boy says that he prefers to rest in the garden rather than lie down at home, but mother orders him to stay inside the house.

Avunculus cum nepote in horto sedet, dum matertera cum nepte in atrio loquitur.

My uncle sits with his nephew in the garden, while my aunt talks with her niece in the atrium.

Discipulis post cenam in horto ludere licet.

The students are allowed to play in the garden after dinner.

Post meridiem mater in horto sedet et librum legit.

In the afternoon mother sits in the garden and reads a book.

Post cenam pater ad fanum parvum in horto it et ramum lauri cum pauco ture ibi ponit.

After dinner father goes to the small shrine in the garden and places there a branch of laurel with a little incense.

Laurus alta in horto stat, et avia folia eius laudat.

The tall laurel tree stands in the garden, and grandmother praises its leaves.

In horto fabae et brassica bene crescunt, sed rapa hoc anno parva sunt.

In the garden beans and cabbage grow well, but the turnips are small this year.

Puella aliquando in horto sola sedet et caelum spectat.

The girl sometimes sits alone in the garden and looks at the sky.

Mense Maio hortus plenus florum fit, et Maius aviae semper gratissimus est.

In May the garden becomes full of flowers, and May is always most pleasing to grandmother.

Viginti pueri ac puellae post scholam ad hortum venerunt, et magistra viginti quaestiones eis proposuit.

Twenty boys and girls came to the garden after school, and the teacher set twenty questions before them.

Mense Martio primi flores in horto apparent, et avia gaudet.

In March the first flowers appear in the garden, and grandmother rejoices.

Aprilis mihi gratior est quam Februarius, quia primi flores in horto apparent.

April is more pleasing to me than February, because the first flowers appear in the garden.

Mihi ver gratissimum est, praesertim cum flores in horto apparent.

Spring is most pleasing to me, especially when flowers appear in the garden.

Post laborem familia in horto sedet et vespertinum caelum spectat.

After work the family sits in the garden and looks at the evening sky.

Avia carmen iucundum in horto cantat, et puella id libenter audit.

Grandmother sings a pleasant song in the garden, and the girl gladly listens to it.

Postea duo passeres super tectum sedent, et puella muscas in horto numerat.

Afterward two sparrows sit on the roof, and the girl counts flies in the garden.

Vespere vulpes callida prope hortum currit et gallinas spectat.

In the evening a clever fox runs near the garden and looks at the hens.

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