filia

the daughter

Usages of filia

• Filius et filia in oppido habitant.: The son and daughter live in the town.
• Filia aquam in horto petit.: (The daughter seeks water in the garden.)
• Mater rogat filiam: "Quid nunc facis in cubiculo?": Mother asks her daughter: "What are you doing now in the bedroom?"
• Filia respondet: "Librum lego, quia foris dies frigidus est.": The daughter answers: "I am reading a book, because outside the day is cold."
• Filia respondet: "Fortasse cras cum eis curram; nunc domi manere melius est.": The daughter answers: "Perhaps tomorrow I will run with them; now it is better to stay at home."
• Mater filiam vocat et dicit: "Veni huc, quaeso, et mihi veritatem dic.": Mother calls her daughter and says: "Come here, please, and tell me the truth."
• Quamquam pater iram sentit, tamen gaudium filiae manet.: Although father feels anger, nevertheless the joy of his daughter remains.
• In silentio noctis filia in mente sua dicit: "Veritas matrem laetam facit, mendacium autem matrem tristem facit; iterum veritatem dicam.": In the silence of the night the daughter says in her mind: "Truth makes mother happy, but a lie makes mother sad; again I will tell the truth."
• Mater filiae dicit: "Nunc sororem tuam iuvare debes.": Mother says to her daughter: "Now you must help your sister."
• Mater filiam vocat, ut auxilium ferat et librum e mensa tollat.: Mother calls her daughter, so that she may bring help and take the book from the table.
• Vespere pater lucernam accendit, ut filia in cubiculo legere possit.: In the evening father lights a lamp, so that his daughter can read in the bedroom.
• Filius matri parere non vult, sed filia matri statim paret.: The son does not want to obey his mother, but the daughter obeys her mother at once.
• In ientaculo mater calicem lactis et patinam cum pane filiae dat.: At breakfast mother gives her daughter a cup of milk and a plate with bread.
• Mater dicit vultum filiae laetum esse, sed nasum eius frigidum esse.: Mother says that her daughter’s face is happy, but that her nose is cold.
• Postea filia codicem fratris capit et duas lineas describit.: Afterward the daughter takes her brother’s book and copies two lines.
• Mater filiam flentem videt; lacrimae in vultu puellae sunt.: Mother sees her daughter weeping; tears are on the girl’s face.
• Post cenam parentes cum filiis et filiabus longum sermonem de vita bona habent.: After dinner the parents have a long conversation with their sons and daughters about a good life.
• Pater dicit diem natalem filiae omnibus annis gratiorem fieri.: Father says that his daughter’s birthday becomes more delightful every year.
• Mater valde gaudet, quia filia veritatem dicit.: Mother rejoices greatly, because her daughter tells the truth.
• Pater rogat quid in illa oratione difficillimum sit, et filia respondet initium sibi clarissimum videri.: Father asks what is most difficult in that speech, and his daughter answers that the beginning seems very clear to her.
• Mater et filia mane e villa proficiscuntur.: Mother and daughter set out from the house in the morning.
• Mater filiam hortatur ne ante iudicium veritatem timeat.: Mother encourages her daughter not to fear the truth before the trial.
• Mater vaccas in prato pascit, dum filia aquam portat.: Mother feeds the cows in the meadow, while her daughter carries water.
• Pater dicit lac ex vacca, quam filia mulget, calidum esse.: Father says that the milk from the cow that his daughter milks is warm.
• Mater aratrum parat ut filia agrum arare possit ante meridiem.: Mother prepares the plough so that her daughter can plough the field before midday.
• Mater filiam monet ne post scholam agrum arare conetur, nam opus nimis grave est.: Mother warns her daughter not to try to plough the field after school, for the work is too hard.
• Dum mater et filia segetem metunt, frater falcem e terra tollit et servat.: While mother and daughter reap the crop, the brother picks up the sickle from the ground and keeps it safe.
• Mater filiam ad horreum ducit, ut frumentum videat.: Mother leads her daughter to the granary so that she may see the grain.
• Dum filia aquam portat, mater segetem metit.: While the daughter carries water, mother reaps the crop.
• Mater pectine capillos filiae parat.: Mother arranges her daughter’s hair with a comb.
• Mater dicit se magis confidere filiae quam filio, quia illa veritatem sine mora fatetur.: Mother says that she trusts her daughter more than her son, because she confesses the truth without delay.
• Filia hodie domi manere mavult, quia mater abest.: The daughter prefers to stay at home today, because mother is away.
• Mater filiae aegrotae adest.: Mother is there for her sick daughter.
• Mater filiae suae credit, quia illa veritatem semper dicit.: Mother trusts her daughter, because she always tells the truth.
• Pater malum dividere conatur, ut filiae et filio duo frusta det.: Father tries to divide the apple so that he may give two pieces to his daughter and son.
• Malum inter filium et filiam dividendum est.: The apple must be divided between the son and the daughter.
• Filia matri monile et fibulam ostendit.: The daughter shows a necklace and a brooch to her mother.
• Quo magis mater clementiam et misericordiam laudat, eo minus filia poenam severam timet.: The more mother praises clemency and mercy, the less the daughter fears a harsh punishment.
• Mater utramque filiam ad mensam vocat.: Mother calls both daughters to the table.
• In die festo mater filiae coronam tradit, et puella valde gaudet.: On the festival day mother hands a garland to her daughter, and the girl is very happy.
• Mater gaudet, quod filia veritatem aperte fatetur.: Mother rejoices because her daughter openly confesses the truth.
• Pater prudentiam filiae laudat, quia antequam respondeat semper rem totam audit.: Father praises his daughter’s good judgment, because before she answers she always listens to the whole matter.
• Puella pauperi feminae panem dat; mater bonitatem filiae videt et gaudet.: The girl gives bread to a poor woman; her mother sees her daughter’s goodness and rejoices.
• Pietas filiae clara est, cum aviam aegrotam quiete curat.: The daughter’s devotion is clear when she quietly cares for her sick grandmother.
• Mater aegrotam filiam curat, dum pater medicum exspectat.: Mother cares for her sick daughter while father waits for the doctor.
• Cum serva cubiculum purgaret, filia sordes e pavimento colligebat.: While the maid was cleaning the bedroom, the daughter was gathering dirt from the floor.
• Cum avia fessa esset, paulum in cubili quiescebat, dum filiae in atrio loquebantur.: Since grandmother was tired, she was resting for a little while in bed, while the daughters were talking in the atrium.
• Cum mater in culina occupata esset, filia ipsa cubiculum purgavit nec ullam moram fecit.: Since mother was busy in the kitchen, the daughter cleaned the bedroom herself and made no delay.
• Mater filiae persuadet ut pallium in sella non relinquat, sed in armario suspendat.: Mother persuades her daughter not to leave the cloak on the chair, but to hang it in the cupboard.
• Filia palla nova et zona longa uti vult, quia dies frigidus est.: The daughter wants to use a new cloak and a long belt, because the day is cold.
• Pictura quam filia emit non tam magna est quam illa imago reginae, sed mater eam magis amat.: The painting that the daughter buys is not as large as that image of the queen, but mother likes it more.
• Filia rogat utrum alibi quoque pictor laborare soleat; ille respondet se saepe in templo pingere.: The daughter asks whether the painter also usually works elsewhere; he answers that he often paints in the temple.
• Pater filiae librum Latinum daturus est.: The father is about to give his daughter a Latin book.
• Mater rogat: “Quo festinas, filia?”: Mother asks: “Where are you hurrying, daughter?”
• Filia respondet se in prora stetisse, matrem in puppi sedisse, et nodum firmum facere didicisse.: The daughter answers that she stood at the prow, that her mother sat at the stern, and that she learned to make a firm knot.
• Pater non filiae tantum, sed etiam filio panem dat.: Father gives bread not only to his daughter, but also to his son.
• Mater filiae dicit se malle in bibliotheca sedere et commentarium legere quam in contione diu stare.: Mother tells her daughter that she prefers to sit in the library and read a notebook rather than stand a long time in an assembly.
• Cum matri non placeret illa opinio, filia tamen auctoritati magistri confidebat.: Since that opinion did not please the mother, the daughter nevertheless trusted the teacher’s authority.

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