Usages of sub
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.
Servus sub mensa clavem quaerit.
The servant looks for a key under the table.
Cum cives statuam spectarent, puer parvus sub ea ridebat.
While the citizens were looking at the statue, a little boy was laughing under it.
Puella quoque conatur, et tandem annulum sub mensa invenit.
The girl also tries, and finally finds the ring under the table.
In campo alta arbor stat, et pueri sub umbra eius legunt.
In the field a tall tree stands, and the boys read under its shade.
Cum calor magnus esset, nos sub umbra arborum sedebamus et aquam bibebamus.
When the heat was great, we were sitting under the shade of the trees and drinking water.
Mater cultrum sub mensa relinquit, ne infans eum capiat.
Mother leaves the knife under the table, so that the baby may not take it.
In horto puer malum rubrum videt et folia viridia sub arbore.
In the garden the boy sees a red apple and green leaves under the tree.
Canis sub lecto iacet, et infans eum tangere vult.
The dog lies under the bed, and the baby wants to touch him.
Meridie servi in horto non laborant, sed sub umbra sedent et aquam bibunt.
At midday the servants do not work in the garden, but sit in the shade and drink water.
Cum meridies venit, servi sub umbra sedent et aquam bibunt.
When midday comes, the servants sit in the shade and drink water.
Feles sub mensa sedet et murem exspectat.
The cat sits under the table and waits for the mouse.
Otium sine libro mihi dulce non est, sed avia sub arbore quiete sedere amat.
Leisure without a book is not pleasant to me, but grandmother likes to sit quietly under the tree.
Vitulus ad arborem ligatur, sub cuius umbra meridie manet.
The calf is tied to a tree, under whose shade it stays at midday.
Avia meminit magnam messem olim sub sole calidissimo factam esse.
Grandmother remembers that a great harvest was once made under the very hot sun.
Meridie sol calidissimus est, et servi sub umbra sedent.
At midday the sun is very hot, and the servants sit in the shade.
Donec pluvia desinat, mulier iuxta rivum sub arbore manere vult.
Until the rain stops, the woman wants to stay next to the stream under a tree.
Cum tonitrus auditur, canis sub lecto iacet.
When thunder is heard, the dog lies under the bed.
Soror parvum pulvinum sub capite fratris ponit et eum pallio tegit.
The sister puts a small pillow under her brother’s head and covers him with a cloak.
Mater aulaeum claudit et vestimenta umida sub tecto suspendit, ut citius siccentur.
Mother closes the curtain and hangs the damp clothes under the roof so that they may dry more quickly.
Serva dicit se mappam sub pulvino reliquisse, cum infans ibi luderet.
The maid says that she left the napkin under the pillow while the baby was playing there.
Serva pallium umidum de sella detrahit et sub tecto suspendit.
The maid pulls the damp cloak off the chair and hangs it under the roof.
Neuter e duobus libris alibi inventus est; denique ambo sub sella iacebant.
Neither of the two books was found elsewhere; at last both were lying under the chair.
Pecten avi tandem sub pulvino inventus est.
Grandfather’s comb was finally found under the pillow.
Ne quis sub porticu clamet, dum magistra de auctore et scriptore narrat.
Let no one shout under the portico while the teacher tells about the author and the writer.
Sub porticu longa puellae inter columnas stant, dum pluvia in foro cadit.
Under the long portico the girls stand among the columns while rain falls in the forum.
Maneant pueri sub porticu, donec faber opus in tecto finiat.
Let the boys stay under the portico until the craftsman finishes the work on the roof.
Mater dicit vestimenta umida sub sole citius siccari.
Mother says that wet clothes dry more quickly in the sun.
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.
Puer respondet se stilum sub mensa reliquisse.
The boy replies that he left the stylus under the table.
Frater dicit se ranas audire malle quam lacertas sub sole videre.
The brother says that he prefers to hear frogs rather than see lizards under the sun.
Cum via non iam pateat propter imbrem, omnes sub porticu manent et de oratore loquuntur.
Since the road is no longer open because of the rain, everyone stays under the portico and talks about the orator.
Magistra rogat utrum locutio “sub mensa” recta sit necne, et discipuli respondent rectam esse.
The teacher asks whether the expression “under the table” is correct or not, and the students answer that it is correct.
Post longum iter Romam redimus, et Tiberis sub ponte lente fluit.
After a long journey we return to Rome, and the Tiber flows slowly under the bridge.
Cum pluit, sub porticu manemus.
When it rains, we stay under the portico.
Mater pulvinum sub capite pueri ponit, quo commodius dormiat.
Mother puts a pillow under the boy’s head, so that he may sleep more comfortably.
Canis sub lecto latet.
The dog hides under the bed.
Cum lilium sub fenestra floret, etiam violae prope ianuam celerius crescunt.
When a lily blooms under the window, the violets near the door also grow more quickly.
Hirundo sub tecto volat, sed alia hirundo in ramulo prope fenestram sedet.
A swallow flies under the roof, but another swallow sits on a small branch near the window.
Sub quercubus avia glandes numerat et dicit ex glandibus novam quercum nasci posse.
Under the oaks grandmother counts acorns and says that a new oak can grow from acorns.
Mane merula sub fenestra canit, et avia eam libenter audit.
In the morning the blackbird sings under the window, and grandmother gladly listens to it.
Salix prope rivum stat, et puella sub salice sedet.
A willow stands near the stream, and the girl sits under the willow.
Sub salice aestate libenter sedetur, quia umbra ibi densa est.
In summer people gladly sit under the willow, because the shade there is thick.
Frutex densior est quam herba, et lepus sub frutice latet.
A shrub is thicker than grass, and a hare hides under the shrub.
Sub fraxino avia sedet et carmen iucundum cantat.
Grandmother sits under the ash tree and sings a pleasant song.
Fraxinus, sub qua puella legit, prope stagnum stat.
The ash tree, under which the girl reads, stands near the pond.
Vestimenta umida sub tecto pendent.
The damp clothes are hanging under the roof.
Specus sub terra iacet.
The covered channel lies beneath the ground.
Specus sub aggere longus est.
The covered channel is long beneath the embankment.
Mentum sub ore est.
The chin is beneath the mouth.
Rudus sub nucleo est.
The rubble layer lies beneath the fine bedding layer.
Statumen sub rudere est.
The supporting layer lies beneath the rubble layer.
Tellus sub pedibus nostris est.
The earth is beneath our feet.
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