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Usages of poculum
Ubi primi convivae venerint, serva eis pocula pura offeret.
When the first guests have arrived, the female servant will offer them clean cups.
In foro multa pocula vilia sunt, sed haec pocula mater emere non vult.
In the forum many cups are cheap, but mother does not want to buy these cups.
Dum serva cibum fert, dominus vinum in pocula fundit et hospites salutat.
While the female servant carries the food, the master pours wine into the cups and greets the guests.
Mercator nobis duo pocula offert: unum carum, aliud vile.
The merchant offers us two cups: one expensive, the other cheap.
Puer vile poculum capit, sed soror dicit se pulchrius recipere velle.
The boy takes the cheap cup, but his sister says that she wants to receive a more beautiful one.
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