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Learn Hardcore Latin: porta - the gate

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 9
/porta

porta

Word

porta

Meaning

the gate

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

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.

Ianitor dicit se portam urbis mox clausurum esse, quia nox obscura est.

The doorkeeper says that he will soon close the city gate, because the night is dark.

Miles ante portam stat et viatores servat.

The soldier stands before the gate and watches the travelers.

Bos cornu, quo portam paene tangit, tam magnum habet ut puer timeat.

The ox has a horn with which it almost touches the gate, so large that the boy is afraid.

Bos prope portam ligatus exire non potest.

The ox, tied near the gate, cannot go out.

Si custos portam non clausisset, fur ex urbe fugisset.

If the guard had not closed the gate, the thief would have fled from the city.

In porta urbis parvum praesidium manet, ne hostes nocte subito intrent.

A small garrison remains at the gate of the city, so that enemies may not enter suddenly at night.

Si praesidium paratum est, nullum telum hostium facile portas franget.

If the garrison is prepared, no weapon of the enemies will easily break the gates.

Militibus laborantibus, faber turrim novam munit et portam firmiorem facit.

While the soldiers are working, the craftsman fortifies a new tower and makes the gate stronger.

Quaedam miles ante portam urbis vigilat, dum ceteri dormiunt.

A certain female soldier keeps watch before the city gate, while the others sleep.

Hostes portam urbis oppugnant, sed milites eam defendunt.

The enemies attack the city gate, but the soldiers defend it.

Septendecim homines ad contionem venerunt, sed septendecim alii ante portam morabantur.

Seventeen people came to the assembly, but seventeen others were lingering before the gate.

Post longam disputationem cives constituunt ut porta urbis nocte firmius custodiatur.

After a long discussion the citizens decide that the city gate should be guarded more firmly at night.

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