Usages of forum
Multi mercatores in foro ambulant et tabernas intrant.
(Many merchants walk in the forum and enter the shops.)
Nos cum magistra in oppidum ambulamus et forum intramus.
(We walk into the town with the teacher and enter the forum.)
Multi mercatores per forum festinant.
Many merchants hurry through the forum.
Forte nos in foro amicum videmus.
By chance we see a friend in the forum.
Nuntius clarus in foro stat.
The famous messenger stands in the forum.
Cotidie prima hora mater ad forum ambulat et panem emit.
Every day at the first hour mother walks to the forum and buys bread.
In foro multi homines inter tabernas ambulant et de pretio loquuntur.
In the forum many people walk among the shops and talk about the price.
Nos ante portam exspectamus, dum mater in foro est.
We wait in front of the gate while mother is in the forum.
Multi homines in foro imperatorem exspectant.
Many people wait for the emperor in the forum.
Soror dicit matrem eos cras ad forum venire velle.
The sister says that mother wants them to come to the forum tomorrow.
Puer matrem quaerit et rogat: “Cur ad forum festinas?”
The boy looks for his mother and asks: “Why are you hurrying to the forum?”
Mercator a foro ad villam ambulat.
The merchant walks from the forum to the villa.
Discipulus eam in foro exspectat, quia epistulam accipere vult.
The student waits for her in the forum, because he wants to receive a letter.
In foro iudex in alto loco sedet, et iudicium incipit.
In the forum the judge sits in a high place, and the trial begins.
Iudicio finito, turba lente domum ambulat, et pax in foro manet.
When the trial is finished, the crowd walks home slowly, and peace remains in the forum.
Hodie ad forum ire non possum, quia pluvia frigida cadit.
Today I cannot go to the forum, because cold rain is falling.
Nimius clamor in foro est, igitur nos in villa tacemus.
There is too much noise in the forum, therefore we are silent in the villa.
Pax in urbe manet, et nos in foro laeti sedemus.
Peace remains in the city, and we sit happily in the forum.
In foro statua imperatoris alta est, et multi eam spectant.
In the forum there is a tall statue of the emperor, and many people look at it.
Postea clamor in foro iterum minuitur, quia iudex testem interrogat et tacere iubet.
Afterward the noise in the forum decreases again, because the judge questions the witness and orders everyone to be silent.
Servus parvam sportam ad forum portat.
The servant carries a small basket to the forum.
Faber ad forum ambulat et scutum in sporta portat.
The craftsman walks to the forum and carries a shield in a basket.
Servus ex culina exit et ad forum ambulat.
The servant goes out of the kitchen and walks to the forum.
Faber ferrum ad forum portat.
The craftsman carries iron to the forum.
Hodie sal deest, igitur mater ad forum festinat.
Today salt is lacking, therefore mother hurries to the forum.
Mater olivas in foro emit.
Mother buys olives in the forum.
Uxor et maritus simul ad forum ambulant.
The wife and the husband walk together to the forum.
Mater nondum domum redire potest, quia in foro panem adhuc quaerit.
Mother cannot return home yet, because she is still looking for bread in the forum.
Hic vicus ad forum ducit.
This street leads to the forum.
Mater dicit: “Per vicum rectum ambula, et ad forum cito pervenies.”
Mother says: “Walk through the straight street, and you will reach the forum quickly.”
Mihi ad forum eundum est, quia sal deest.
I must go to the forum, because salt is lacking.
Via dextra ad forum ducit, sed via sinistra ad portam.
The road on the right leads to the forum, but the road on the left leads to the gate.
Mater dicit se ad forum ituram esse.
Mother says that she is going to go to the forum.
In foro mater nihil emit, quia non satis argenti in crumena habet.
In the forum mother buys nothing, because she does not have enough money in her purse.
Haec via ad forum brevissima est.
This road to the forum is the shortest.
Pectus pueri calidum est, et sudor in pectore manet, quia per vicum et circum forum celerrime cucurrit.
The boy’s chest is warm, and sweat remains on his chest, because he ran very quickly through the street and around the forum.
In foro mercatores sine ordine sedentes pretia magna clamant.
In the forum the merchants, sitting without order, shout high prices.
In foro multa pocula vilia sunt, sed haec pocula mater emere non vult.
In the forum many cups are cheap, but mother does not want to buy these cups.
Mater in foro nihil emit, quia panem nimium constare dicit.
Mother buys nothing in the forum, because she says that bread costs too much.
Mater in foro panem emit; tum domum redit.
Mother buys bread in the forum; then she returns home.
Mater puero viam ad forum monstrat.
Mother shows the boy the way to the forum.
Pluvia gravis cadit, itaque mater ad forum ire non potest.
Heavy rain is falling, and so mother cannot go to the forum.
Filius sororem ad forum sequitur, sed pater domi manet.
The son follows his sister to the forum, but father stays at home.
Hodie in foro magna copia panis est, sed vini inopia manet.
Today in the forum there is a great supply of bread, but a shortage of wine remains.
Noli in foro morari, quia mater domum redire vult.
Do not linger in the forum, because mother wants to return home.
In foro poculum ex argento videmus.
We see a cup made of silver in the forum.
Nescio utrum pastor cras bovem ad forum ducat an domi maneat.
I do not know whether the shepherd will lead the ox to the forum tomorrow or stay at home.
Plaustrum, cuius rota fracta erat, faber hodie reficit ut merces ad forum ferri possint.
The wagon, whose wheel had been broken, the craftsman repairs today so that goods can be carried to the forum.
Duo asini plaustrum ad forum trahunt.
Two donkeys pull the wagon to the forum.
Eadem mulier ad forum festinat, quia magnum negotium hodie habet.
The same woman hurries to the forum, because she has important business today.
In foro mulier negotium breve habet, sed fur prope mensam quiete stat.
In the forum the woman has a brief errand, but a thief stands quietly near the table.
Pater dicit se quinque libros et sex epistulas cras ad forum portaturum esse, si via tuta erit.
Father says that he will bring five books and six letters to the forum tomorrow, if the road is safe.
Hoc negotium magnum est, itaque mater ad forum festinat.
This matter is important, and so mother hurries to the forum.
Mater dicit se negotium breve in foro habituram esse, sed mox domum redituram esse.
Mother says that she will have a short errand in the forum, but that she will soon return home.
Fama de nova magistra in foro est.
There is a report in the forum about the new teacher.
Si quis in foro clamat, iudex eum tacere iubet.
If anyone shouts in the forum, the judge orders him to be silent.
Mane mater cogitat quid in foro emere velit.
In the morning mother thinks about what she wants to buy in the forum.
In foro femina pallium novum emit et dicit se eo in die festo cum toga alba usuram esse.
In the forum the woman buys a new cloak and says that she will use it on the festival day with a white toga.
Maritus togam albam induit et ad forum ambulat.
The husband puts on a white toga and walks to the forum.
Ubi sorori meae in foro occurri, illa mihi dixit se domum festinare.
When I met my sister in the forum, she told me that she was hurrying home.
Turba forum complet, cum regina ad templum ambulat.
The crowd fills the forum when the queen walks to the temple.
Femina pauper in foro nihil emit, quia non satis argenti in crumena habet.
The poor woman buys nothing in the forum, because she does not have enough money in her purse.
In foro femina aurum et gemmas spectat.
In the forum a woman looks at gold and gems.
Me taedet clamoris in foro, quia domi quiete legere volo.
I am tired of the noise in the forum, because I want to read quietly at home.
Haec sola via ad forum ducit.
This is the only road that leads to the forum.
Neuter puer avunculi domi manere vult; ambo ad forum ire malunt.
Neither of the uncle’s boys wants to stay at home; both prefer to go to the forum.
In foro pictor picturam parvam vendit, et multi colores in ea videntur.
In the forum a painter sells a small painting, and many colors are seen in it.
In foro figulus vasa vendit et puellae monstrat quomodo ex luto vas fingat.
In the forum the potter sells vessels and shows the girl how to shape a vessel from clay.
In medio foro femina mitis aquam pauperi puellae dat.
In the middle of the forum a gentle woman gives water to a poor girl.
Puella ante ostium stat et rogat: “Quo eam? Ad forum an domum?”
The girl stands before the door and asks: “Where am I to go? To the forum or home?”
Puer ad forum ire non vult; domi potius manet.
The boy does not want to go to the forum; he stays at home instead.
Sub porticu longa puellae inter columnas stant, dum pluvia in foro cadit.
Under the long portico the girls stand among the columns while rain falls in the forum.
Nescio quid in foro fieri possit.
I do not know what can happen in the forum.
Post lectionem magistra discipulos ad forum ducit, ubi contio magna iam ante rostra convenit.
After the lesson the teacher leads the students to the forum, where a large assembly is already gathering before the rostra.
Bibliotheca quieta ad meditandum melior est quam forum plenum, sed forum ad audiendos oratores melius est.
A quiet library is better for thinking than a full forum, but the forum is better for hearing orators.
Primum mater nummos numerat, deinde ad forum ambulat.
First mother counts the coins, then she walks to the forum.
Bibliotheca quietior est quam forum.
The library is quieter than the forum.
Una discipula consilium novum proponit: “Cur non cras in foro oratorem audimus?”
One female student proposes a new plan: “Why do we not hear an orator in the forum tomorrow?”
Magistra discipulis pauca exempla praebet, deinde rogat quid ipsi in foro visuri sint.
The teacher provides the students with a few examples, then asks what they themselves are going to see in the forum.
Postero die discipuli in foro ante subsellia sedent, dum praeco verba clara voce recitat.
On the next day the students sit in the forum before the benches, while the herald recites words in a clear voice.
Hodie comitia in foro habentur, et multi cives de uno candidato inter se disputant.
Today elections are being held in the forum, and many citizens are discussing one candidate among themselves.
Sunt qui putent forum esse scholam viventem, in qua pueri et puellae non minus quam in libris discant.
There are those who think that the forum is a living school, in which boys and girls learn no less than in books.
Mater queritur panem in foro nimium constare.
Mother complains that bread costs too much in the forum.
Discipuli ad forum veniunt, oratorem visuri.
The students come to the forum, about to see the orator.
Multi cives hodie ad forum veniunt ut suffragium ferant.
Many citizens come to the forum today to cast a vote.
Alter ad forum ambulat, alter domi manet.
One walks to the forum, the other stays at home.
Puella humilis in foro stat et oratorem nobilem clara voce loquentem audit.
A humble girl stands in the forum and hears a noble speaker talking in a clear voice.
Discipula rogat utrum cives melius cognoscant quid res publica postulet, cum ipsi in foro adsint.
The female student asks whether citizens understand better what the state requires, since they themselves are present in the forum.
Ipsi in foro adsunt et oratorem audiunt.
They themselves are present in the forum and listen to the orator.
Si ad forum pervenire vis, hic pons tibi transeundus est.
If you want to reach the forum, you must cross this bridge.
Via angusta ad forum ducit.
The narrow road leads to the forum.
Haec via utilior est quam illa, quia ad forum ducit.
This road is more useful than that one, because it leads to the forum.
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