Usages of accendere
Vespere pater lucernam accendit, ut filia in cubiculo legere possit.
In the evening father lights a lamp, so that his daughter can read in the bedroom.
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.
Cum nox obscura esset, pater lucernam accendit.
When the night was dark, father lit the lamp.
Cum sol occidit, mater lucernam accendit.
When the sun sets, mother lights the lamp.
Mater lucernam accendit, ut lumen in atrio sit.
Mother lights the lamp, so that there may be light in the atrium.
Cum gelu durum sit et pruina in via maneat, tamen parca mater tantum parvum ignem accendit.
Although the frost is hard and frost remains on the road, the thrifty mother nevertheless lights only a small fire.
Pater statuit pueros domi manere, donec tempestas desinat; mater autem constituit focum accendere et panem secare.
Father decides that the boys should stay at home until the storm stops; mother, however, decides to light the hearth and cut bread.
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