Usages of puteus
Ancilla aquam e puteo haurit.
The maid draws water from the well.
Mater dicit puteum altum esse, sed ancillam aquam facile haurire posse.
Mother says that the well is deep, but that the maid can draw water easily.
Si puella iterum sitiet, ancilla ei aquam e puteo afferet.
If the girl is thirsty again, the maid will bring her water from the well.
Forsitan cras ad puteum iterum ibimus.
Perhaps tomorrow we will go to the well again.
Cum ancilla aquam hauriret, puella prope puteum cantabat.
While the maid was drawing water, the girl was singing near the well.
Puteus altus est, et ancilla aquam e puteo haurit.
The well is deep, and the maid draws water from the well.
Cum ancilla paulisper apud puteum morata esset, mater ei dixit ut aquam celerius ferret.
When the maid had delayed for a little while at the well, mother told her to bring the water more quickly.
Ancilla, cum aquam hausisset, ad culinam rediit et dixit se diutius apud puteum moratam esse, quia situlam e puteo trahere difficilius erat.
The maid, after drawing water, returned to the kitchen and said that she had stayed longer at the well because it was harder to pull the bucket from the well.
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