Usages of vadum
Nunc mater rogat utrum per pontem an per vadum ad agrum aviae eamus.
Now mother asks whether we should go to grandmother’s field by the bridge or through the ford.
Hodie alveus fluminis altior est, itaque per vadum transire non licet.
Today the river channel is deeper, and so it is not permitted to cross through the ford.
Postquam ratis ad alteram ripam pervenit, mater dicit melius fuisse portitore prudente uti quam per vadum ire.
After the raft reached the other bank, mother says that it was better to use a prudent ferryman than to go through the ford.
Deinde magistra rogat quae via commodior sit, semita ad vadum an limes ad pontem.
Then the teacher asks which road is more convenient, the path to the ford or the boundary-road to the bridge.
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