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Learn Hardcore Latin: diutius - longer

Hardcore Latin
/Lesson 38
/diutius

diutius

Word

diutius

Meaning

longer

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

Usages of diutius

Quo diutius aurifex aurum polit, eo nitidius monile fit.

The longer the goldsmith polishes the gold, the shinier the necklace becomes.

Quamquam pluvia desiit, mater dicit pueros diutius intra domum manere debere.

Although the rain has stopped, mother says that the boys ought to stay inside the house longer.

Si quis avarus et invidus est, amicos facile amittit; si liberalis et sincerus est, amicitiam diutius servat.

If someone is greedy and envious, he easily loses friends; if he is generous and sincere, he keeps friendship longer.

Ancilla, cum aquam hausisset, ad culinam rediit et dixit se diutius apud puteum moratam esse, quia situlam e puteo trahere difficilius erat.

The maid, after drawing water, returned to the kitchen and said that she had stayed longer at the well because it was harder to pull the bucket from the well.

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