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.
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