Usages of secare
Mater panem cultro secat et duo frusta parva infantibus dividit.
Mother cuts the bread with a knife and divides two small pieces among the children.
Pater placentam cultro secat et frusta inter convivas dividit.
Father cuts the cake with a knife and divides the pieces among the guests.
Pater statuit pueros domi manere, donec tempestas desinat; mater autem constituit focum accendere et panem secare.
Father decides that the boys should stay at home until the storm stops; mother, however, decides to light the hearth and cut bread.
Mater ungues infantis secat, et serva manicas ad focum suspendit, ut citius siccentur.
Mother cuts the baby’s nails, and the maid hangs the sleeves near the hearth so that they may dry more quickly.
Servus lignum serra secat, sed pater truncum securi findit.
The servant cuts wood with a saw, but father splits the log with an axe.
Pater ad forum properat, ut ante imbrem mercem emat; interim mater panem domi secat.
Father hurries to the forum so that he may buy supplies before the rain; meanwhile mother cuts bread at home.
Tessellarius tesseras secat.
The mosaicist cuts mosaic cubes.
Diametros sphaeram per medium secat.
The diameter cuts the globe through the middle.
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