Usages of tablinum
Pater in tablino sedet et epistulas legit, dum filia in horto ludit.
Father sits in the study and reads letters, while his daughter plays in the garden.
Cum pater e tablino exit, puella ei librum amissum ostendit.
When father comes out of the study, the girl shows him the lost book.
Si quis in tablino aut in peristylio clamet, avia blande dicit: “Cave hanc quietem turbes.”
If anyone shouts in the study or in the peristyle, grandmother gently says: “Do not disturb this quiet.”
Sic in domo, ubi tablinum, triclinium, et peristylium inter se differunt, etiam pueri paulatim discunt quid in his locis recte faciendum sit.
Thus in a house, where the study, dining room, and peristyle differ from one another, even the boys gradually learn what ought to be done properly in these places.
Pater in tablino sedet et epistulas legit, dum filia in horto ludit.
Father sits in the study and reads letters, while his daughter plays in the garden.
Mater dicit librum in tablino positum esse et flores ante lararium a filia positos esse.
Mother says that the book has been placed in the study and that the flowers have been placed before the household shrine by her daughter.
Pater in tablino manet, dum mater in triclinio mensam instruit et convivas exspectat.
Father stays in the study, while mother arranges the table in the dining room and waits for the guests.
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