Usages of oppidum
Filius et filia in oppido habitant.
(The son and daughter live in the town.)
Oppidum est magnum, sed non est urbs.
(The town is large, but it is not a city.)
Iter longum est, et nos in oppidum festinamus.
(The journey is long, and we hurry to the town.)
Nos cum magistra in oppidum ambulamus et forum intramus.
(We walk into the town with the teacher and enter the forum.)
Mercator ad oppidum ambulat.
The merchant walks to the town.
Filius ad oppidum fugit.
The son flees to the town.
Periculum in urbe manet, sed nos in oppidum festinamus.
Danger remains in the city, but we hurry to the town.
Multi milites in oppido manent et imperatorem salutant.
(Many soldiers remain in the town and greet the emperor.)
Templum altum prope oppidum stat, et nuntius orat ibi.
(The tall temple stands near the town, and the messenger prays there.)
Miles vigilat in oppido, nam timet bellum.
(The soldier keeps watch in the town, for he fears war.)
Soror interdum in oppido habitat.
The sister sometimes lives in the town.
Cotidie prima hora medicus in oppidum venit, secunda hora autem medica ad scholam ambulat.
Every day at the first hour the male doctor comes into the town, but at the second hour the female doctor walks to the school.
Magnum flumen inter oppidum et silvam est.
A great river is between the town and the forest.
Imperator certus est milites in oppido vigilare.
The emperor is sure that the soldiers are keeping watch in the town.
Puer cupit equitare ad oppidum, sed mater eum domi manere iubet.
The boy wants to ride to the town, but his mother orders him to stay at home.
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