adesse

to be present

Usages of adesse

• Quicumque adest, ceteris auxilium ferre debet, ne grave onus uni puellae relinquatur.: Whoever is present ought to bring help to the others, so that a heavy load may not be left to one girl alone.
• Magistra adest, itaque discipuli tacent.: The teacher is present, and so the students are silent.
• Adsint discipuli ante lectionem, ne quis vocabulum novum neglegat.: Let the students be present before the lesson, so that no one may neglect a new word.
• Adsit semper usus cum arte, et fiet ut etiam discipula timidior cito melius scribat.: Let practice always be present with skill, and then even the more timid student will soon write better.
• Discipula rogat utrum cives melius cognoscant quid res publica postulet, cum ipsi in foro adsint.: The female student asks whether citizens understand better what the state requires, since they themselves are present in the forum.
• Ipsi in foro adsunt et oratorem audiunt.: They themselves are present in the forum and listen to the orator.
• Puella ad fanum venit et numen deae ibi adesse putat.: The girl comes to the shrine and thinks that the divine power of the goddess is present there.
• Si balneatrix non adest, nemo strigilem aut unguentum e mensa sumat.: If the bath-attendant is not present, no one should take a scraper or ointment from the table.
• Magistra in schola dicit accidere ut homines infelices celerius mutentur, si amici benigni adsint.: The teacher says in school that it happens that unhappy people change more quickly if kind friends are present.

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