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Learn Hardcore Latin: nauta - the sailor

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 3
/nauta

nauta

Word

nauta

Meaning

the sailor

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of nauta

Nos ad insulam navigamus, nautas salutamus et cibum parvum sumimus.

We sail to the island, greet the sailors, and take a small amount of food.

Nauta aquam bibit et cibum amat.

The sailor drinks water and loves the food.

Si tempestas in mari est, nautae magnum periculum timent.

If there is a storm at sea, the sailors fear great danger.

Nauta caelum in mari spectat.

The sailor watches the sky at sea.

Nauta navem parat ut cras e portu exeat.

The sailor prepares the ship so that tomorrow it may leave the harbor.

Duo nautae navem parant ut cras e portu exeat.

Two sailors prepare the ship so that tomorrow it may leave the harbor.

Pueri circum ignem sedent et fabulam de nauta audiunt.

The boys sit around the fire and listen to a story about a sailor.

Quia ventus crescit, nautae e portu celeriter discedunt.

Because the wind is growing stronger, the sailors leave the harbor quickly.

Dum tempestas in mari manet, nautae in portu tacent.

While the storm remains at sea, the sailors are silent in the harbor.

Dum nautae signa tempestatis in caelo observant, mercator e portu discedere non vult.

While the sailors observe signs of the storm in the sky, the merchant does not want to leave the harbor.

Nautae e portu cras proficiscentur, si tempestas bona erit.

The sailors will set out from the harbor tomorrow, if the weather is good.

Tempestas nautas e portu exire vetuit.

The storm forbade the sailors to leave the harbor.

Cum tempestas navibus noceret, nautae aliis nautis succurrebant.

When the storm was harming the ships, the sailors were helping the other sailors.

Si tempestas in mari est, nautae periculum maximum timent.

If there is a storm at sea, the sailors fear very great danger.

Tempestas tandem transiit, et nautae e portu discedere possunt.

The storm has finally passed, and the sailors can leave the harbor.

Remi umidi in navi iacent, sed nauta dicit eos adhuc utiles esse.

The wet oars lie in the ship, but the sailor says that they are still useful.

Nauta funem ad malum ligat.

The sailor ties the rope to the mast.

Mare tranquillum est, et nauta e portu exit.

The sea is calm, and the sailor leaves the harbor.

Nauta in ripa stat et gubernaculum naviculae puero parvo ostendit.

The sailor stands on the riverbank and shows the rudder of the little boat to the little boy.

Cum ventus subito crescit, nauta naviculam ad ripam ligat.

When the wind suddenly grows stronger, the sailor ties the boat to the riverbank.

Nauta nodum funis solvit, ut navicula e ripa exeat.

The sailor unties the knot of the rope so that the little boat may leave the bank.

Augur augurium bonum interpretatur, et nauta e portu exit.

The augur interprets the omen as favorable, and the sailor leaves the harbor.

Si augurium malum est, nautae in portu manent.

If the omen is bad, the sailors stay in the harbor.

Cum omen bonum esset, nautae e portu exire volebant.

When the omen was favorable, the sailors wanted to leave the harbor.

Undeviginti naves in portu manebant, et undeviginti nautae tempestatem timebant.

Nineteen ships were staying in the harbor, and nineteen sailors were fearing the storm.

Tempestas hodie ventosior est quam heri, itaque nautae in portu manent.

The weather is windier today than yesterday, and so the sailors stay in the harbor.

Nauta navem celerem parat, quia mare tranquillum est.

The sailor prepares the swift ship, because the sea is calm.

Haec historia brevis est, sed mihi tam iucunda est quam illa fabula de nauta.

This history is brief, but it is as pleasant to me as that story about the sailor.

Nauta dicit Corinthum quoque urbem claram esse et multos mercatores ibi manere.

The sailor says that Corinth too is a famous city and that many merchants stay there.

In prima statione nauta aquam et panem viatoribus proponit.

At the first stop the sailor sets out water and bread for the travelers.

Cum caelum serenum est, nautae e portu exeunt.

When the sky is clear, the sailors leave the harbor.

Mare hodie placidum est, et nautae laeti sunt.

The sea is calm today, and the sailors are happy.

Nauta metuit ne vitrum in navi frangatur, cum fluctus subito altiores fiant.

The sailor fears that the glass may break in the ship when the waves suddenly become higher.

In portu classis magna paratur, et nautae naves diligenter gubernant.

In the harbor a large fleet is being prepared, and the sailors steer the ships carefully.

Nauta timet ne procella navem ad scopulos agat.

The sailor fears that a storm may drive the ship toward the rocks.

Deinde nautae remigio forti navem e sinu trahunt.

Then the sailors pull the ship out of the bay with strong rowing.

Nauta narrat oleum ex Africa saepe ad Italiam vehi.

The sailor says that oil is often carried from Africa to Italy.

Nauta qui Rhodum viderat dicit portum eius tutissimum esse.

The sailor who had seen Rhodes says that its harbor is very safe.

Pater dicit nautas, si venti mitiores fuerint, ante noctem servatum iri.

Father says that the sailors, if the winds are gentler, will be saved before night.

Si ventus deest, remigium nautis magno auxilio est.

If the wind is lacking, rowing is a great help to the sailors.

Nauta clamat: “Carina aquam recipit!”

The sailor shouts: “The hull is taking in water!”

Nautae remigio navem e sinu trahunt.

The sailors pull the ship out of the bay by rowing.

Cum soror patrem ad portum secuta esset, praefectum nautis imperantem vidit.

When the sister had followed her father to the harbor, she saw the prefect giving orders to the sailors.

Praefectus portus nautas monet ne nocte exeant, si ventus iterum crescat.

The harbor prefect warns the sailors not to go out at night if the wind grows strong again.

Nauta prudenter in sinu manet, quia ventus crescit.

The sailor stays wisely in the bay, because the wind is growing.

Praefectus nautis imperat ut in portu maneant.

The prefect orders the sailors to stay in the harbor.

Nautae in portu morari volunt, quia tempestas in mari est.

The sailors want to stay in the harbor, because there is a storm at sea.

Nauta cetum videt.

The sailor sees the whale.

Nautae navem onerariam onerant.

The sailors load the cargo ship.

Nautae navem exonerant.

The sailors unload the ship.

Postquam nautae navem exonerant, institor merces aestimat.

After the sailors unload the ship, the business agent appraises the goods.

Nauta undam spectat.

The sailor watches the wave.

Nauta aequor spectat.

The sailor watches the open sea.

Nauta delphinum in mari spectat.

The sailor watches a dolphin at sea.

Nauta in tempestate perit.

The sailor perishes in the storm.

Nautae vela tendunt.

The sailors set the sails.

Nauta navem non deserit.

The sailor does not abandon the ship.

Nauta litus procul cernit.

The sailor sees the shore far away.

Nauta navem in aquam deducit.

The sailor launches the ship into the water.

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