Usages of lectio
Bona lectio discipulis non solum vocabula nova, sed etiam artem disputandi docet.
A good lesson teaches the students not only new words, but also the skill of discussing.
Lucia unum vocabulum novi auctoris non intellegit, sed post lectionem sensum eius invenit.
Lucia does not understand one word of the new author, but after the lesson she finds its meaning.
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.
Post lectionem eamus ad portum, ut navem novam videamus.
Let us go to the harbor after the lesson, so that we may see the new ship.
Quo diligentius discipuli lectionem audiunt, eo facilius vocabula novi auctoris memoria tenent.
The more carefully the students listen to the lesson, the more easily they keep the new author’s words in memory.
Sit haec lectio brevis, sed nullum vocabulum neglegatur.
Let this lesson be brief, but let no word be neglected.
Magistra dicit: “Discite non verba tantum, sed etiam usum verborum; sic enim bona lectio et bonus auctor vobis diu utiles erunt.”
The teacher says: “Learn not only words, but also the use of words; for thus a good lesson and a good author will be useful to you for a long time.”
Discipuli, meditando ante lectionem et tractando post lectionem, sensum obscurum facilius capiunt.
The students, by thinking before the lesson and discussing after the lesson, grasp an unclear meaning more easily.
Post lectionem magistra discipulos ad forum ducit, ubi contio magna iam ante rostra convenit.
After the lesson the teacher leads the students to the forum, where a large assembly is already gathering before the rostra.
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