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Learn Hardcore Latin: fractus - broken

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 23
/fractus

fractus

Word

fractus

Meaning

broken

Part of speech

adjective, adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of fractus

Puer ramum fractum tollit, sed avus alium ramum viridem laudat.

The boy picks up a broken branch, but grandfather praises another green branch.

Pater dicit fenestram fractam statim reficiendam esse, ne stillae pluviae intus cadant.

Father says that the broken window must be repaired at once, so that drops of rain may not fall inside.

Discipula scribit se apud aviam didicisse quomodo ramum fractum tollere et radices servare debeat.

The female student writes that she has learned at grandmother’s house how she ought to remove a broken branch and preserve the roots.

Calamus meus fractus est, itaque stilum fratris accipio.

My pen is broken, and so I take my brother’s stylus.

Mercator fatetur dolium parvum fractum esse, sed dicit aliud dolium bonum manere.

The merchant admits that the small barrel is broken, but says that another barrel remains good.

Plaustrum, cuius rota fracta erat, faber hodie reficit ut merces ad forum ferri possint.

The wagon, whose wheel had been broken, the craftsman repairs today so that goods can be carried to the forum.

Frater sartorem quaerit, quia zona sua fracta est et tunica nimis longa videtur.

The brother looks for the tailor, because his belt is broken and his tunic seems too long.

Alia navis proram ad litus vertit, cum in puppi malus fractus videatur.

Another ship turns its prow toward the shore, since a broken mast is seen at the stern.

Faber tegulam fractam mutat, ne pluvia intus cadat.

The craftsman replaces the broken roof tile, so that rain may not fall inside.

Faber trabem fractam mutat, ut tectum firmum maneat.

The craftsman replaces the broken beam so that the roof may remain strong.

Unguis puellae fractus est, et manica tunicae humida est, quia puer aquam effudit.

The girl’s nail is broken, and the sleeve of the tunic is damp, because the boy spilled water.

Avus in trunco arboris fractae sedet et fabulam narrat.

Grandfather sits on the trunk of a broken tree and tells a story.

Magistra novam pennam discipulae dat, quia stilus eius fractus est.

The teacher gives a new pen to the student, because her stylus is broken.

Si axis currus fractus erit, vehiculum per viam procedere non poterit.

If the axle of the cart is broken, the vehicle will not be able to go on along the road.

Pater a textore balteum novum emit, quia vetus fractus est.

Father buys a new belt from a weaver, because the old one is broken.

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