Usages of ostium
Mater in vestibulo stat et ostium aperit, cum hospes mane pulsat.
Mother stands in the entrance hall and opens the door when a guest knocks in the morning.
Mater non sinit puellam extra ostium currere, quia pluvia cadit.
Mother does not allow the girl to run outside the door, because rain is falling.
Puella ante ostium stat et rogat: “Quo eam? Ad forum an domum?”
The girl stands before the door and asks: “Where am I to go? To the forum or home?”
Senatus hodie in curia sedet, et praetor ante ostium quietem servari iubet.
The senate is sitting today in the senate-house, and the praetor orders silence to be kept before the door.
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