Usages of epistula
Hodie discipula epistulam a matre accipit.
Today the female student receives a letter from her mother.
Postquam epistulam legit, puer eam tollit et sorori ostendit.
After the boy reads the letter, he picks it up and shows it to his sister.
Servus epistulam ad ianuam fert, et domina eam laeta accipit.
A servant brings a letter to the door, and the mistress gladly receives it.
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.
Magister consilium dat, et discipuli id sequi volunt: “Si verba nova discere vis, epistulas breves scribe.”
The teacher gives advice, and the students want to follow it: “If you want to learn new words, write short letters.”
Domina servum iterum iubet consilium sequi et epistulam mittere.
The mistress again orders the servant to follow the plan and send a letter.
Puella matri epistulam ostendit.
The girl shows the letter to her mother.
Discipulus laetus epistulam accipit.
The happy student receives a letter.
Discipulus eam in foro exspectat, quia epistulam accipere vult.
The student waits for her in the forum, because he wants to receive a letter.
Mercator clam epistulam sub mensa relinquit, sed servus eam tollit et dominam vocat.
The merchant secretly leaves a letter under the table, but the servant picks it up and calls the mistress.
Tabellarius per viam celeriter currit et epistulam in sacculo portat.
A letter-carrier runs quickly along the road and carries a letter in a bag.
Ea epistulam accipit et matri ostendit.
She receives a letter and shows it to her mother.
Servus lucernam accendere debet, ut domina in atrio epistulam legere possit.
The servant must light the lamp so that the mistress can read a letter in the atrium.
Servus cito lucernam accendit, ut domina epistulam legere possit.
The servant quickly lights the lamp, so that the mistress can read the letter.
Maritus in officina laborat, dum uxor domi epistulam legit.
The husband works in the workshop, while the wife reads a letter at home.
Discipulus epistulam ab amico accipit.
The student receives a letter from a friend.
Post ientaculum serva calices et patinas lavat, dum domina in atrio epistulam legit.
After breakfast the female servant washes the cups and plates, while the mistress reads a letter in the atrium.
Avus puero dicit: “Si chartam et stilum habes, epistulam hodie scribe et cras ad me redi.”
Grandfather says to the boy: “If you have paper and a stylus, write a letter today and return to me tomorrow.”
Discipula epistulam facile legit.
The female student reads the letter easily.
Mihi hodie epistula brevis scribenda est.
A short letter must be written by me today.
In cista magna epistulae veteres servantur.
Old letters are kept in a large chest.
Puella cistam aperit et annulum parvum inter epistulas invenit.
The girl opens the chest and finds a small ring among the letters.
Domina epistulam cera claudit et sigillum suum in ea ponit.
The mistress seals the letter with wax and places her seal on it.
Tabellarius celerrime currit et epistulam ad villam portat.
The letter-carrier runs very quickly and carries a letter to the villa.
Mater sedens in atrio epistulam legit.
Mother, sitting in the atrium, reads a letter.
Epistula tua mihi grata est.
Your letter is pleasing to me.
Haec epistula longior est quam illa.
This letter is longer than that one.
Haec epistula mihi gratior est quam illud munus.
This letter is more pleasing to me than that gift.
Epistula matris puellam laetam facit.
Mother’s letter makes the girl happy.
Serva epistulas veteres in cista invenit et eas dominae tradit.
The female servant finds old letters in the chest and hands them to the mistress.
Mater cum eo de epistula loquitur.
Mother talks with him about the letter.
Illa magistro epistulam ostendit, quia consilium accipere vult.
She shows the letter to the teacher, because she wants to get advice.
Pater dicit se quinque libros et sex epistulas cras ad forum portaturum esse, si via tuta erit.
Father says that he will bring five books and six letters to the forum tomorrow, if the road is safe.
Servus epistulam ab imperatore accipit.
The servant receives a letter from the emperor.
Discipula de epistula matris diu cogitat.
The female student thinks for a long time about her mother’s letter.
Discipula amicae suae in via occurrit et epistulam ostendit.
The female student meets her friend on the road and shows her a letter.
Haec epistula mihi omnium gratissima est.
This letter is the most pleasing of all to me.
Tabellarius epistulam affert, quam mater statim legit.
The letter-carrier brings a letter, which mother reads at once.
Serva calices e mensa removet et lucernam adhibet, ut mater epistulam clarius legere possit.
The maid removes the cups from the table and uses a lamp, so that mother can read the letter more clearly.
Epistulam a matre scriptam puella iterum legit.
The girl reads again the letter written by her mother.
Pater in tablino sedet et epistulas legit, dum filia in horto ludit.
Father sits in the study and reads letters, while his daughter plays in the garden.
Scriptura huius epistulae tam clara est ut avia eam facile legat.
The writing of this letter is so clear that grandmother can read it easily.
Consobrinus meus mihi epistulam ex Sicilia mittit.
My cousin sends me a letter from Sicily.
Tot epistulas mater accepit ut eas vesperi vix legere posset.
Mother received so many letters that in the evening she could hardly read them.
Pater in arca epistulas et denarios servat.
Father keeps letters and denarii in the chest.
Arca vetus cinerem non continet, sed epistulas et stolam.
The old chest does not contain ash, but letters and a dress.
Pater in tablino sedet et epistulas legit, dum filia in horto ludit.
Father sits in the study and reads letters, while his daughter plays in the garden.
Mihi calamus emendus est, quia hodie epistulam brevem scribere debeo.
I need to buy a reed pen, because today I must write a short letter.
Discipula epistulam a matre acceptura est.
The female student is about to receive a letter from her mother.
Amica ex Neapoli epistulam ad Romam miserat et veniam pro mora petebat.
The friend from Naples had sent a letter to Rome and was asking pardon for the delay.
Pater epistulae nomine suo subscribit et consilium magistrae probat.
Father signs the letter with his name and approves of the teacher’s advice.
Scriba epistulam longiorem conscripsit, et pater epistulam subscriptam ad amicum misit.
The scribe wrote up a longer letter, and father sent the signed letter to his friend.
Epistula subscripta in mensa posita est.
The signed letter has been placed on the table.
Cum pater domum rediit, filia ei epistulam ostendit.
After father returned home, the daughter showed him the letter.
Postquam epistulam legit, pater epistulae nomine suo subscribit.
After he reads the letter, father signs it with his own name.
Epistula a tabellario allata matri grata est.
The letter brought by the letter-carrier is pleasing to mother.
Lucia epistulam brevem ad matrem conscribit.
Lucia writes a short letter to mother.
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