etiam

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Usages of etiam

• Discipuli diu in bibliotheca manent, quia discere volunt etiam ea quae difficilia sunt, non solum quae facilia sunt.: The students stay in the library for a long time, because they want to learn even the things that are difficult, not only the things that are easy.
• Post scholam discipuli etiam in bibliotheca manent.: After school the students also stay in the library.
• Etiam in tempestate spes pacis in mente imperatoris manet.: Even in a storm the hope of peace remains in the emperor’s mind.
• Etiam bona discipula interdum errat, sed mendum suum statim corrigit.: Even a good student sometimes makes a mistake, but she corrects her mistake at once.
• In volumine veteri oratio de pace tam clara est ut etiam pueri eam intellegant.: In an old scroll there is a speech about peace so clear that even the boys understand it.
• Gravis iniuria etiam fideli socio displicet.: A serious wrong displeases even a loyal ally.
• Boni cives etiam inimicis parcunt et concordiae favent.: Good citizens spare even their enemies and favor harmony.
• Sed amica mea audet etiam sententias difficiliores statim scribere.: But my friend dares to write even more difficult sentences at once.
• Si audes, etiam cum multis loqui potes; nam vox tua clara est.: If you dare, you can speak even with many people; for your voice is clear.
• Si iustitia in iudicio servatur, etiam reus aequum iudicium sperat.: If justice is preserved in the trial, even the accused hopes for a fair judgment.
• Pudor sine metu melior est, quia hominem monet ut recte faciat etiam sine poena.: A sense of shame without fear is better, because it warns a person to do what is right even without punishment.
• Scriptor iuvenis dicit se artem picturae ab avia didicisse, sed usu etiam nunc meliorem fieri.: The young writer says that he learned the art of painting from his grandmother, but that even now he becomes better through practice.
• Avus dicit talem usum etiam scriptori utilem esse, quia omnia quae videt postea describere potest.: Grandfather says that such practice is useful even to a writer, because he can later describe everything that he sees.
• Adsit semper usus cum arte, et fiet ut etiam discipula timidior cito melius scribat.: Let practice always be present with skill, and then even the more timid student will soon write better.
• Post longum bellum victoria civibus grata fuit, sed clades hostium etiam pueros terruit.: After a long war, victory was pleasing to the citizens, but the defeat of the enemies frightened even the boys.
• Sed magistra monet cladem unius populi etiam iis qui vicerunt dolori esse posse.: But the teacher warns that the defeat of one people can be a sorrow even to those who have won.
• Vera nobilitas etiam in paupertate manere potest.: True nobility can remain even in poverty.
• Iudex dicit nefas esse innocentem damnare, fas autem esse etiam impio veniam dare, si veritatem tandem dicat.: The judge says that it is wrong to condemn an innocent person, but right to give pardon even to an impious person if he finally tells the truth.
• Lector doctus in foro ita clare legit ut etiam puellae in extremo subsellio verba audiant.: A learned reader reads so clearly in the forum that even the girls on the farthest bench hear the words.
• Lector auditoribus imperat ne inter legendum loquantur, quia etiam parvus strepitus vocem eius impedit.: The reader orders the listeners not to speak while he is reading, because even a small noise hinders his voice.
• Etiam discipulus in extremo subsellio sedens vocem magistrae clare audit.: Even the student sitting on the farthest bench hears the teacher’s voice clearly.
• Fit ut etiam fortes viatores interdum anxii sint, cum via longa et obscura sit.: It happens that even brave travelers are sometimes anxious, when the road is long and dark.
• Hodierna laetitia etiam avum, qui saepe tacet, ad risum movet.: Today’s joy moves even grandfather, who is often silent, to laughter.
• Pater dicit modum etiam in laetitia servandum esse.: Father says that moderation must be preserved even in joy.
• Cum ventus per speluncam flat, etiam pueri putant aliquid ibi sibilare.: When the wind blows through the cave, even the boys think that something is hissing there.

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