Usages of oportere
Iudex dicit mercatorem pretium minuere oportere.
The judge says that the merchant ought to lower the price.
Magister dicit discipulos in bibliotheca tacere oportere.
The teacher says that the students ought to be silent in the library.
Avia dicit nuces bonas esse, sed infanti tantum pirum dari oportere.
Grandmother says that nuts are good, but that only a pear ought to be given to the baby.
Sed magistra monet neminem celeriter iudicare oportere, antequam totam fabulam audiverit.
But the teacher warns that no one ought to judge quickly before hearing the whole story.
Pater filiis dicit iudicem aequum esse oportere, sive reus dives sit sive pauper.
Father tells his children that a judge ought to be fair, whether the accused is rich or poor.
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