Usages of audire
Avus dicit hominem sapientem saepe audire et non semper clamare.
Grandfather says that a wise person often listens and does not always shout.
Tacete et magistram audite.
Be silent and listen to the teacher.
Magistra dicit artem interpretandi non solum legendo, sed etiam audiendo disci.
The teacher says that the skill of interpreting is learned not only by reading, but also by listening.
Sic puellae et pueri, legendo, audiendo, meditando, et inter se tractando, et libros et vitam urbis paulatim intellegunt.
Thus girls and boys, by reading, listening, thinking, and discussing among themselves, gradually understand both books and the life of the city.
Discipula imperita verba pauca intellegit, sed audire tamen non desinit.
The inexperienced female student understands few words, but nevertheless does not stop listening.
Quidam pueri ad forum emendi causa eunt, alii autem audiendi causa, quia orator hodie de bono communi dicturus est.
Some boys go to the forum for the sake of buying, but others for the sake of listening, because the speaker is going to talk today about the common good.
“Tacete et audite,” ait lector.
“Be silent and listen,” says the reader.
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