invenire

to find

Usages of invenire

• Puer in horto clavem quaerit, sed eam non invenit.: The boy looks for a key in the garden, but he does not find it.
• Puer clavem invenit et matri dicit se eam in via invenisse.: The boy finds the key and tells his mother that he found it in the street.
• Servus linteum invenit et rogat: “Cuius est hoc linteum?”: The servant finds the towel and asks: “Whose towel is this?”
• Servus librum in bibliotheca invenit et dominam vocat.: The servant finds a book in the library and calls the mistress.
• Domina sacculum tabellarii aperit et medicamentum invenit.: The mistress opens the letter-carrier’s bag and finds medicine.
• Servus medicamentum in cubiculo quaerit, sed id non invenit.: The servant looks for the medicine in the bedroom, but he does not find it.
• Puella quoque conatur, et tandem annulum sub mensa invenit.: The girl also tries, and finally finds the ring under the table.
• Puella cistam aperit et annulum parvum inter epistulas invenit.: The girl opens the chest and finds a small ring among the letters.
• 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.
• Discipula errorem in codice invenit et eum diligenter corrigit.: The female student finds an error in the book and carefully corrects it.
• Puer sub lecto clavem invenit.: The boy finds the key under the bed.
• Qui civitati bene servit, honorem apud cives invenire potest.: Whoever serves the state well can find honor among the citizens.
• Puella in litore concham albam invenit et matri ostendit.: The girl finds a white shell on the shore and shows it to her mother.
• Puella librum amissum rursus invenit et magistrae ostendit.: The girl finds the lost book again and shows it to the teacher.
• Pictor dicit se nusquam alibi talem colorem invenire posse.: The painter says that he can find such a color nowhere else.
• Avus pectinem suum nusquam in cubiculo invenit.: Grandfather finds his comb nowhere in the bedroom.
• Lucia unum vocabulum novi auctoris non intellegit, sed post lectionem sensum eius invenit.: Lucia does not understand one word of the new author, but after the lesson she finds its meaning.
• Puer timidus ad matrem currit, quia apud eam praesidium invenit.: The timid boy runs to his mother, because he finds protection with her.
• Puer queritur se stilum iterum perdidisse, sed soror eum sub eadem capsa invenit.: The boy complains that he has lost his stylus again, but his sister finds it under the same box.
• Pater putat mores urbanos et rusticos inter se differre, sed bonos homines ubique inveniri.: Father thinks that urban and rustic ways differ from one another, but that good people are found everywhere.
• Nusquam aquam tam puram invenimus quam apud fontem.: We find water nowhere as pure as at the spring.
• Puer lapillum in via invenit et matri ostendit.: The boy finds a little stone in the road and shows it to his mother.
• In abaco pueri calculos movent, ut numerum celerius inveniant.: On the counting board the boys move the counters so that they may find the number more quickly.
• Cum puella ad bibliothecam profecta esset, librum in subsellio relictum invenit.: When the girl had set out for the library, she found a book left on the bench.
• Mater stolam relictam in sella invenit.: Mother finds the dress left on the chair.
• Mercatrix Massiliam proficisci vult, quia ibi linum bonum et purpuram claram invenire sperat.: The merchant woman wants to set out for Massilia, because she hopes to find good linen and bright purple cloth there.

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