Usages of decretum
Orator in rostris stat et de novo decreto clara voce loquitur.
An orator stands on the rostra and speaks in a clear voice about the new decree.
Cum consul decretum senatui recitaret, quidam cives suffragium statim ferri volebant.
When the consul was reading the decree to the senate, some citizens wanted the vote to be taken at once.
Una puella in commentario suo scribit senatum decreta facere, oratores autem in contione populum movere conari.
One girl writes in her notebook that the senate makes decrees, but that orators in the assembly try to move the people.
Post contionem duo discipuli inter se disputant utrum decretum consulis an responsum praetoris prudentius fuerit.
After the assembly two students discuss among themselves whether the consul’s decree or the praetor’s answer was wiser.
Post contionem cives inter se disputant utrum decretum bonum sit.
After the assembly the citizens debate among themselves whether the decree is good.
Senator prudens senatui decretum novum proponit.
The wise senator presents a new decree to the senate.
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