Usages of senatus
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 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.
Magistra discipulis explicat cur senatus et magistratus in urbe magni sint.
The teacher explains to the students why the senate and the magistrates are important in the city.
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.
Quamquam tribunus magnam potestatem habet, dicit se sine auctoritate senatus nihil facere velle.
Although the tribune has great power, he says that he wants to do nothing without the authority of the senate.
Legatus mandatum populi senatui proponit.
The envoy presents the people’s commission to the senate.
Senator prudens senatui decretum novum proponit.
The wise senator presents a new decree to the senate.
Senator prudens sententiam suam senatui profert.
The wise senator presents his opinion to the senate.
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