Usages of catinus
Puer canistrum plenum fert; in eo catinus parvus et duo mala sunt.
The boy carries a full basket; in it there is a small bowl and two apples.
Serva allium et salem in catinum ponit.
The maid puts garlic and salt into the bowl.
Pater putat canistrum a serva ad triclinium portatum esse, sed catinum adhuc in culina manere.
Father thinks that the basket has been carried by the maid to the dining room, but that the bowl is still remaining in the kitchen.
Cum serva cubiculum purgaret, puella de mensa duas scutellas sustulit et in catino mala posuit.
While the maid was cleaning the bedroom, the girl took two dishes from the table and put apples in the bowl.
Magistra rogat cur in hac domo tam multa sint canistra, catini, et scutellae; mater respondet se interdum multis conviviis praeesse.
The teacher asks why there are so many baskets, bowls, and dishes in this house; mother answers that she is sometimes in charge of many banquets.
Mater infantem monet ne aquam e catino effundat.
Mother warns the baby not to spill the water out of the bowl.
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