Usages of oratio
In volumine veteri oratio de pace tam clara est ut etiam pueri eam intellegant.
In an old scroll there is a speech about peace so clear that even the boys understand it.
Pater rogat quid in illa oratione difficillimum sit, et filia respondet initium sibi clarissimum videri.
Father asks what is most difficult in that speech, and his daughter answers that the beginning seems very clear to her.
Legendo orationem consulis et interpretando verba eius, discipuli discunt quam difficilis ars bene dicendi sit.
By reading the consul’s speech and interpreting his words, the students learn how difficult the skill of speaking well is.
Magistra suadet ut singuli non solum verba, sed etiam sensum orationis cognoscant.
The teacher advises that each student understand not only the words, but also the meaning of the speech.
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