porta

the gate

Usages of porta

• Dum pluvia cadit, populus ante portam exspectat; deinde omnes per portam intrant.: While the rain is falling, the people wait in front of the gate; then everyone enters through the gate.
• Pater portam urbis claudit vespere, ne hostes nocte taciti intrent.: Father closes the gate of the city in the evening, so that enemies may not enter silently at night.
• Nos ante portam exspectamus, dum mater in foro est.: We wait in front of the gate while mother is in the forum.
• In illo loco prope portam puella sedet et epistulam iterum legit.: In that place near the gate the girl sits and reads the letter again.
• Turba ante theatrum exspectat; portis apertis, omnes laeti intrant.: A crowd waits in front of the theater; with the gates having been opened, everyone enters happily.
• Ianitor ante portam urbis sedet et viatores interrogat.: A doorkeeper sits before the city gate and questions travelers.
• Cum ianitor nomen viatoris audivisset, portam aperuit et eum intrare iussit.: When the doorkeeper had heard the traveler’s name, he opened the gate and ordered him to enter.
• Idem ianitor portam aperit et viatorem intrare iubet.: The same doorkeeper opens the gate and orders the traveler to enter.
• Miles portam custodit, et cives eum laudant.: The soldier guards the gate, and the citizens praise him.
• Nocte eadem porta a militibus custoditur.: On that same night the gate is guarded by the soldiers.
• Uxor dicit aliquem ante portam stare; maritus autem dicit neminem intrare posse.: The wife says that someone is standing before the gate; the husband, however, says that no one can enter.
• Via dextra ad forum ducit, sed via sinistra ad portam.: The road on the right leads to the forum, but the road on the left leads to the gate.
• Ianitor portam urbis claudit, quia nox obscura est.: The doorkeeper closes the city gate, because the night is dark.
• Intra portam multae feminae exspectant, sed extra urbem ventus adhuc fortis est.: Inside the gate many women are waiting, but outside the city the wind is still strong.
• Ianitor dicit nemini intra portam manere necesse esse, si domum redire vult.: The doorkeeper says that no one needs to stay inside the gate if he wants to return home.
• Miles stans ante portam viatores interrogat.: The soldier, standing before the gate, questions the travelers.

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