Usages of vicus
Hic vicus ad forum ducit.
This street leads to the forum.
Puella ad angulum vici stat et amicam exspectat.
The girl stands at the corner of the street and waits for her friend.
Mater dicit: “Per vicum rectum ambula, et ad forum cito pervenies.”
Mother says: “Walk through the straight street, and you will reach the forum quickly.”
Uxor dicit se per vicum sinistrum non ituram esse, sed per vicum dextrum.
The wife says that she will not go by the left street, but by the right street.
Magister discipulos monet ut per vicum rectum eant et ad angulum dextrum vertant.
The teacher warns the students to go through the straight street and turn at the right corner.
Cum ad villam pervenissent, puella et mater negaverunt iter difficile fuisse, quia vicus rectus erat.
When they had reached the house, the girl and her mother denied that the journey had been difficult, because the street was straight.
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