Usages of tablinum
Pater in tablinō sedet et epistulās legit, dum fīlia in hortō lūdit.
Father sits in the study and reads letters, while his daughter plays in the garden.
Cum pater ē tablinō exit, puella eī librum amissum ostendit.
When father comes out of the study, the girl shows him the lost book.
Sī quis in tablinō aut in peristyliō clāmet, avia blandē dīcit: “Cave hanc quiētem turbēs.”
If anyone shouts in the study or in the peristyle, grandmother gently says: “Do not disturb this quiet.”
Sic in domō, ubi tablinum, triclīnium, et peristylium inter sē differunt, etiam puerī paulatim discunt quid in hīs locīs rēctē 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.
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