interdum

sometimes

Usages of interdum

• Discipulus dicit: "Caelum specto, nam interdum est pulchrum.": The student says: "I look at the sky, for sometimes it is beautiful."
• Soror interdum in oppido habitat.: The sister sometimes lives in the town.
• Multi homines pacem amant, sed populus interdum bellum non timet.: Many people love peace, but the people sometimes do not fear war.
• Etiam bona discipula interdum errat, sed mendum suum statim corrigit.: Even a good student sometimes makes a mistake, but she corrects her mistake at once.
• Misericordia sine iustitia interdum iniqua videtur.: Mercy without justice sometimes seems unfair.
• Poena severa interdum iniqua videtur.: A harsh punishment sometimes seems unfair.
• Magna severitas pueros interdum terret, sed severitas sine ira discipulos docere potest.: Great strictness sometimes frightens boys, but strictness without anger can teach students.
• Vulgus interdum falsae famae cito cedit.: The common crowd sometimes yields quickly to a false rumor.
• Fit ut etiam fortes viatores interdum anxii sint, cum via longa et obscura sit.: It happens that even brave travelers are sometimes anxious, when the road is long and dark.
• Prope speluncam cautius ambulatur, quia serpentes ibi interdum sibilare possunt.: Near the cave people walk more carefully, because snakes there can sometimes hiss.
• “‘In’ praepositio est; interdum accusativum habet, interdum ablativum, ut iam scitis,” dicit magistra.: “‘In’ is a preposition; sometimes it takes the accusative, sometimes the ablative, as you already know,” says the teacher.
• Rubor in cute interdum manet, etiam cum dolor iam minor est.: Redness sometimes remains on the skin, even when the pain is already less.
• Veritas interdum dolorem affert, sed amicitiam servat.: The truth sometimes brings pain, but preserves friendship.
• Alia terminatio in eodem verbo interdum personam mutat, non sensum totius sententiae.: A different ending in the same verb sometimes changes the person, not the meaning of the whole sentence.
• Quamquam vir crudelis videbatur, filia dixit eum non semper crudelem esse, sed interdum dubium et timidum.: Although the man seemed cruel, the daughter said that he was not always cruel, but sometimes uncertain and fearful.
• Femina prudens tabernae patris praeest, sed ipsa quoque contionibus civium interdum interest.: A prudent woman is in charge of her father’s shop, but she herself also sometimes attends the citizens’ assemblies.
• Magistra rogat cur in hac domo tam multa sint canistra, catini, et scutellae; mater respondet se interdum multis conviviis praeesse.: The teacher asks why there are so many baskets, bowls, and dishes in this house; mother answers that she is sometimes in charge of many banquets.
• “Num solitudo tibi displicet?” “Immo, mihi interdum placet.”: “Does solitude displease you?” “On the contrary, I sometimes like it.”
• Qui in suburbio manent, interdum ruri quietiorem vitam quaerunt.: Those who stay in the suburb sometimes seek a quieter life in the country.

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