Usages of mercatrix
Mercatrix pruna et cerasa vendit.
The female merchant sells plums and cherries.
Mercatrix pretium trium persicorum duos denarios poscit.
The female merchant asks two denarii as the price of three peaches.
Mater duas lactucas et unam betam a mercatrice emit.
Mother buys two lettuces and one beet from the female merchant.
Alia femina in foro stolas vendit, sed haec mercatrix fructus tantum vendit.
Another woman sells dresses in the forum, but this female merchant sells only fruit.
Mercatrix dicit pruna hodie recentiora esse quam heri.
The female merchant says that the plums are fresher today than yesterday.
Mercatrix videt carinam aquam recipere et metuit naufragium.
The female merchant sees the hull taking in water and fears a shipwreck.
Ex Ostia mercatrix Neapolim navigare vult, quia ibi amica eius habitat.
From Ostia the female merchant wants to sail to Naples, because her friend lives there.
Mercatrix quaerit utrum merces ex Asia cariores sint quam ex Graecia.
The female merchant asks whether goods from Asia are more expensive than those from Greece.
Mercatrix dicit Delum insulam parvam esse, sed mercatoribus utilem.
The female merchant says that Delos is a small island, but useful to merchants.
Mercatrix sperat frumentum e Sicilia ad Ostia intra paucos dies allatum iri.
The female merchant hopes that grain from Sicily will be brought to Ostia within a few days.
Mercatrix unguentum ex Asia vendit.
The female merchant sells perfume from Asia.
Mercatrix Massiliam proficisci vult, quia ibi linum bonum et purpuram claram invenire sperat.
The merchant woman wants to set out for Massilia, because she hopes to find good linen and bright purple cloth there.
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