Usages of porticus
Ne quis sub porticu clamet, dum magistra de auctore et scriptore narrat.
Let no one shout under the portico while the teacher tells about the author and the writer.
Sub porticu longa puellae inter columnas stant, dum pluvia in foro cadit.
Under the long portico the girls stand among the columns while rain falls in the forum.
Maneant pueri sub porticu, donec faber opus in tecto finiat.
Let the boys stay under the portico until the craftsman finishes the work on the roof.
Cum pluvia tandem desierit, exeamus e porticu et per vicum ad domum revertamur.
When the rain has finally stopped, let us go out from the portico and return home through the street.
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