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Learn Hardcore Latin: sella - the chair

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 7
/sella

sella

Word

sella

Meaning

the chair

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of sella

In cubiculo parvo lectus est, et prope fenestram sella stat.

In the small bedroom there is a bed, and near the window a chair stands.

Dominus in sella sedet, servus ante eum stat.

The master sits in the chair, the servant stands before him.

Puella quaerit quomodo avia tunicam texat, dum avia in sella sedet.

The girl asks how grandmother weaves a tunic, while grandmother sits on a chair.

Avia sedens in sella fabulam narrat.

Grandmother, sitting in a chair, tells a story.

Hoc scamnum sella vetere commodius est, itaque duae discipulae ibi libenter sedent.

This bench is more comfortable than the old chair, and so two female students gladly sit there.

Haec sella commodior est quam illud scamnum, quia avia diu ibi sedere potest.

This chair is more comfortable than that bench, because grandmother can sit there for a long time.

Pater pallium vetus de sella detrahit et cubile tegit.

Father pulls the old cloak from the chair and covers the bed.

Pater dicit se post laborem in sella quiescere velle, dum mater de hospite cogitat.

Father says that he wants to rest in a chair after work, while mother thinks about the guest.

Mater filiae persuadet ut pallium in sella non relinquat, sed in armario suspendat.

Mother persuades her daughter not to leave the cloak on the chair, but to hang it in the cupboard.

Serva pallium umidum de sella detrahit et sub tecto suspendit.

The maid pulls the damp cloak off the chair and hangs it under the roof.

Neuter e duobus libris alibi inventus est; denique ambo sub sella iacebant.

Neither of the two books was found elsewhere; at last both were lying under the chair.

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