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Learn Hardcore Latin: audire - to listen to

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 5
/audire

audire

Word

audire

Meaning

to listen to

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of audire

Heri magister in schola multum docuit, et discipuli eum audiverunt.

Yesterday the (male) teacher taught a lot in the school, and the students listened to him.

Dum magister fabulam narrat, discipuli libros non legunt sed vocem eius audiunt.

While the teacher tells a story, the students do not read books but listen to his voice.

Puella parva aviam audit, quae cantat, et lucernam obscuram spectat.

The little girl listens to her grandmother, who is singing, and looks at the dim lamp.

Discipuli credunt magistram verum dixisse, et eam libenter audiunt.

The students believe that the teacher has spoken the truth, and they gladly listen to her.

Pueri circum ignem sedent et fabulam de nauta audiunt.

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

Apud aviam puella fabulam audit.

At grandmother’s house the girl listens to a story.

In schola poeta iuvenis versus breves recitat, et discipuli eum libenter audiunt.

At school a young poet recites short verses, and the students gladly listen to him.

Non timeo ne Lucia erret, quia semper animo attento magistram audit.

I do not fear that Lucia may make a mistake, because she always listens to the teacher with an attentive mind.

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.

Ambo nepotes avunculi fabulam de mari libenter audiunt.

Both of the maternal uncle’s grandchildren gladly listen to a story about the sea.

Quo diligentius discipuli lectionem audiunt, eo facilius vocabula novi auctoris memoria tenent.

The more carefully the students listen to the lesson, the more easily they keep the new author’s words in memory.

Orator in contione dicit, et multi cives eum audiunt.

The orator speaks in the assembly, and many citizens listen to him.

Soror prudentior est quam frater, quia antequam respondeat semper rem totam audit.

The sister is wiser than her brother, because before she answers she always listens to the whole matter.

Discipuli scriptorem viventem libenter audiunt.

The students gladly listen to the living writer.

Humiles quoque cives bonam de re publica opinionem habere possunt, si eos alii audiunt.

Humble citizens too can have a good opinion about the state, if others listen to them.

Magistra dicit se arbitrari senatorem meliorem esse, si opinionem civium et mandata legis simul audiat.

The teacher says that she thinks a senator is better if he listens both to the opinion of the citizens and to the commands of the law.

Ipsi in foro adsunt et oratorem audiunt.

They themselves are present in the forum and listen to the orator.

Tibicen in pompa canit, et pueri eum libenter audiunt.

The flute-player plays in the procession, and the boys gladly listen to him.

Tibicen ante templum canit, et cives eum libenter audiunt.

The flute-player plays in front of the temple, and the citizens gladly listen to him.

Viginti cives oratorem in contione audiunt.

Twenty citizens listen to the orator in the assembly.

Plerique, qui in contione adsunt, oratorem libenter audiunt.

Most people who are present at the assembly gladly listen to the orator.

Avia carmen iucundum in horto cantat, et puella id libenter audit.

Grandmother sings a pleasant song in the garden, and the girl gladly listens to it.

Dum alii discipuli scribunt, Lucia pergit legere, Marcus autem paulisper scribere desinit ut magistram audiat.

While the other students are writing, Lucia continues to read, but Marcus stops writing for a little while so that he may listen to the teacher.

Sic discipuli, cum historias inter se comparent et testimonia personarum diligenter audiant, facilius intellegunt quid sit verum et quid falsum.

Thus the students, when they compare stories with one another and listen carefully to the testimonies of the characters, understand more easily what is true and what is false.

Licet pluat, puellae tamen ad scholam veniunt et magistram audiunt.

Although it is raining, the girls nevertheless come to school and listen to the teacher.

Pueri circa focum sedent et aviam audiunt.

The boys sit around the hearth and listen to grandmother.

Puer superbus sororem minus audit, puella autem modesta et docilis magistram libenter audit.

The proud boy listens less to his sister, but the modest and teachable girl gladly listens to the teacher.

Mane merula sub fenestra canit, et avia eam libenter audit.

In the morning the blackbird sings under the window, and grandmother gladly listens to it.

Multi cives circa rostra stant et oratorem audiunt.

Many citizens stand around the rostra and listen to the speaker.

Haec facultas magna est: puella nunc potest philosopham audire et quaestiones ponere.

This opportunity is great: the girl can now listen to a philosopher and ask questions.

Convivae veniunt et primo panem calidum gustant, deinde concentum libenter audiunt.

The guests come and first taste the warm bread, then gladly listen to the performance.

Post cenam pater et mater in atrio sedent et concentum filiae libenter audiunt.

After dinner father and mother sit in the atrium and gladly listen to their daughter's musical performance.

Fidicen citharam canit, et convivae eum libenter audiunt.

The lyre-player plays the cithara, and the guests gladly listen to him.

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