Usages of curia
Multi cives ad contionem veniunt, quia volunt audire quid consul in curia dixerit.
Many citizens come to the assembly, because they want to hear what the consul said in the senate-house.
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.
Cum consul e curia exiret, turba ante rostra breve tempus tacuit; deinde iterum clamavit.
When the consul was leaving the senate-house, the crowd before the rostra was silent for a short time; then it shouted again.
Post comitia magistra discipulis refert quid in curia de novo magistratu dictum sit.
After the elections the teacher reports to the students what was said in the senate-house about the new magistrate.
Senator statuit se de novo magistratu tacere nolle; itaque sententiam suam in curia clare profert.
The senator decides that he does not want to keep silent about the new magistrate; and so he states his opinion clearly in the senate-house.
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