paulatim

gradually

Usages of paulatim

• Quidam discipuli formam verborum cito tenent, alii autem sensum paulatim intellegunt.: Some students grasp the form of words quickly, but others understand the meaning gradually.
• Dum magister tacet, discipuli paulatim intellegunt cur haec verba inter se similia sint.: While the teacher is silent, the students gradually understand why these words are similar to one another.
• Amicitia inter duas discipulas paulatim nascitur, dum cotidie simul in bibliotheca sedent.: A friendship gradually grows between two female students, while they sit together in the library every day.
• Magistra existimat hanc sententiam illa difficiliorem esse, sed discipula dicit sensum paulatim clariorem fieri.: The teacher thinks this sentence is more difficult than that one, but the female student says that the meaning gradually becomes clearer.
• Verba nova paulatim discenda sunt.: New words must be learned gradually.
• Magistra dicit artem bene scribendi usu paulatim crescere.: The teacher says that the skill of writing well grows gradually through practice.
• Legendo et meditando discipula argumentum libri paulatim intellegit.: By reading and thinking, the female student gradually understands the subject of the book.
• 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.
• Lucia usum huius vocabuli paulatim intellegit.: Lucia gradually understands the use of this word.
• Sic discipuli paulatim discunt non solum verba memoria tenere, sed etiam intellegere cur unus casus potius quam alius, cur singularis potius quam pluralis, et cur indicativus potius quam imperativus in unaquaque sententia ponatur.: Thus the students gradually learn not only to keep words in memory, but also to understand why one case rather than another, why singular rather than plural, and why the indicative rather than the imperative is used in each sentence.
• Sic discimus non solum Latine legere, sed etiam verba Graeca in inscriptionibus et libris paulatim intellegere.: Thus we learn not only to read Latin, but also gradually to understand Greek words in inscriptions and books.
• Medica dicit sanitatem non statim redire, sed paulatim.: The doctor says that health does not return at once, but gradually.
• Cum pluvia per compluvium cadit, impluvium paulatim completur.: When rain falls through the roof-opening, the rain-pool is gradually filled.
• Sic in domo, ubi tablinum, triclinium, et peristylium inter se differunt, etiam pueri paulatim discunt quid in his locis recte faciendum sit.: Thus in a house, where the study, dining room, and peristyle differ from one another, even the boys gradually learn what ought to be done properly in these places.
• Mater dicit facultatem bene scribendi usu et patientia paulatim crescere.: Mother says that the ability to write well gradually grows through practice and patience.
• Cum pluvia per compluvium cadit, impluvium paulatim completur.: When rain falls through the roof-opening, the rain-pool is gradually filled.
• Avus dicit mores hominum paulatim mutari.: Grandfather says that people’s habits change gradually.

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