Usages of totus
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.
Pater olim laboriosus agricola erat et tota die in agris laborabat.
Father once was a hardworking farmer and all day long he used to work in the fields.
Nunc mater laboriosior est quam pater, nam tota domus cura eius est et tamen gaudet.
Now mother is more hardworking than father, for the whole house is her responsibility and yet she rejoices.
In bibliotheca unus homo quiete sedet et librum veterem legit, igitur schola tota tacet.
In the library one person sits quietly and reads an old book, therefore the whole school is silent.
Prope focum coquus stat, nam focus totam culinam calidam facit.
The cook stands near the hearth, for the hearth makes the whole kitchen warm.
In die festo pueri minus laborant, sed coquus tota die in culina occupatus est.
On a festival day the boys work less, but the cook is busy in the kitchen all day.
Illa autem fabula non eiusdem generis est; tota enim natura eius diversa est.
That story, however, is not of the same kind; for its whole nature is different.
Sed magistra monet neminem celeriter iudicare oportere, antequam totam fabulam audiverit.
But the teacher warns that no one ought to judge quickly before hearing the whole story.
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.
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.
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