Usages of pecunia
Mater pecuniam numerat et piscem emere vult.
Mother counts the money and wants to buy fish.
Olim pater pecuniam lente numerabat, nam numeri magni erant.
Once father was slowly counting the money, for the numbers were large.
Postea dominus numerum pecuniae spectat et dicit pretium tunicae veteris esse nimium.
Afterwards the master looks at the amount of money and says that the price of the old tunic is too much.
Teste audito, iudex dicit mercatorem pecuniam reddere oportere.
After the witness has been heard, the judge says that the merchant must return the money.
Post iudicium mercator pecuniam reddere vult.
After the trial the merchant wants to return the money.
Pater ipse ad tabernam redit, ut pecuniam mutet et pretium solvat.
Father himself returns to the shop so that he may change the money and pay the price.
Iudex dicit ius mulieris servandum esse, quia fur pecuniam eius cepit.
The judge says that the woman’s right must be preserved, because the thief took her money.
Vicina rogat num domina sibi librum commodare possit; ipsa enim pecuniam ad novum librum emendum nondum habet.
The neighbor asks whether the mistress can lend her a book; for she herself does not yet have money to buy a new book.
Argentarius mercatori pecuniam non facile commodabit, si debitum vetus nondum solutum est.
The banker will not easily lend money to the merchant if the old debt has not yet been paid.
Mater ab argentario pecuniam mutuari recusat, quia parum argenti habet.
Mother refuses to borrow money from the banker, because she has too little silver.
Nemo dubitat quin argentarius pactum signare debeat, antequam pecuniam det.
No one doubts that the banker ought to sign the agreement before he gives the money.
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