Usages of cista
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.
Aliquid in cista latet.
Something is hidden in the chest.
Puer dicit aliquid in cista latere.
The boy says that something is hidden in the chest.
In bibliotheca codex veterrimus in cista magna servatur.
In the library the oldest book is kept in a large chest.
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.
Serva annulum e cista tollit et uxori tradit.
The female servant takes the ring out of the chest and hands it to the wife.
Puella codicem quaerit, sed is in cista latet.
The girl looks for the book, but it is hidden in the chest.
Puer lapidem e via tollit et in cista ponit.
The boy picks up the stone from the road and puts it in the chest.
Si quid in cista latet, mater eam aperit.
If something is hidden in the chest, mother opens it.
In hac cista satis spatii non est, itaque libros in alia cista ponimus.
There is not enough space in this chest, and so we put the books in another chest.
Si creta parva est, magistra alteram cretam e cista tollit et discipulae dat.
If the chalk is small, the teacher takes another piece of chalk from the chest and gives it to the student.
Postquam aurum et argentum bene polivit, aurifex monile nitidum in cista relinquit.
After the goldsmith has polished the gold and silver well, she leaves the shining necklace in the chest.
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