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Usages of medica
Olim infans saepe aegrota erat, et medica ad villam veniebat.
Once the baby was often sick, and a female doctor used to come to the villa.
Cum puer aegrotus erat, medica cum eo manebat tota hora.
When the boy was sick, the female doctor stayed with him for a whole hour.
Cotidie prima hora medicus in oppidum venit, secunda hora autem medica ad scholam ambulat.
Every day at the first hour the male doctor comes into the town, but at the second hour the female doctor walks to the school.
Medica dicit hoc medicamentum morbum levare posse.
The (female) doctor says that this medicine can relieve the illness.
Puer os aperit, et medica dentes eius spectat.
The boy opens his mouth, and the doctor looks at his teeth.
Medica dicit digitum bene sanari posse.
The doctor says that the finger can be healed well.
Medica collum pueri tangit et rogat utrum etiam umerus doleat.
The doctor touches the boy’s neck and asks whether his shoulder also hurts.
Medica dicit vulnus non grave esse et sanguinem mox desiturum esse.
The doctor says that the wound is not serious and that the bleeding will soon stop.
Apud medicam multa medicamenta sunt, sed haec femina medicamentum nullum accipere vult.
At the doctor’s place there are many medicines, but this woman wants to take no medicine.
Medica dicit dolorem mox minui posse, si puer quiete sedet et non flet.
The doctor says that the pain can soon lessen if the boy sits quietly and does not cry.
Medica dicit dolorem in pectore non gravem esse.
The doctor says that the pain in the chest is not serious.
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