Cavē canem

Iānitor prope līmen sedet et forēs cūstōdit.

The doorkeeper sits near the threshold and guards the door-leaves.

Canis in catēnā vīllam cūstōdit.

The chained dog guards the house

Cardō forēs tenet.

The hinge holds the door-leaves.

Canis extrā vīllam est.

The dog is outside the house.

Iānitor līmen cūstōdit.

The doorkeeper guards the threshold.

Iānitor intrā forēs sedet et magnam catēnam prope līmen cūstōdit.

The doorkeeper sits inside the doors and guards a large chain near the threshold

Faber cardinem ferreum in lignō pōnit.

The craftsman puts an iron hinge into the wood.

Imāgō aurea in mūrō est.

A golden picture is on the wall

Forēs ligneae sunt.

The door-leaves are wooden.

Faber pallium in līmine relinquit.

The craftsman leaves his cloak on the threshold.

Cardō ferreus est.

The hinge is of iron.

Faber imāginem ligneam fēcit et pallium rubrum ante eam posuit.

The craftsman made a wooden image and placed a red cloak before it

Canis ferōx fremuit, et Titus territus tremuit.

The fierce dog growled, and Titus, frightened, trembled.

Catēnā solūtā, canis in hortum saluit.

Once the chain was loosed the dog leapt into the garden

Canis ferōx fabrum momordit.

The fierce dog bit the craftsman.

Iānitor canem catēnā vīnxit.

The doorkeeper tied the dog up with a chain.

Canis fremuit et Titus tremuit.

The dog growled and Titus trembled.

Canis ferōx fūnem momordit, eum solvit et super murum saluit.

The fierce dog bit the rope loosed it and jumped over the wall

Faber ad iānuam accessit, sed iānitor eum nōn admīsit, itaque recessit.

The craftsman approached the door, but the doorkeeper did not let him in, and so he withdrew.

Iānitor dīcit fabrum accessisse.

The doorkeeper says that the craftsman approached

Canis fabrum pepulit.

The dog drove the craftsman out.

Faber canī cēdit.

The craftsman yields to the dog.

Faber ad iānuam accessit.

The craftsman approached the door.

Custōs prōcessit, fūrem prehendit atque eum ab ōstiō pepulit.

The guard advanced seized the thief and drove him away from the entrance

Catēnā ruptā canis in hortum salit, sed Tullia canem retinet.

The chain broken, the dog leaps into the garden, but Tullia holds him back.

Iānitor canem ferōcem esse arbitrātur.

The doorkeeper thinks the dog is fierce

Faber cardinem remōvit.

The craftsman removed the hinge.

Puer patrem rogitat.

The boy keeps asking his father.

Canis vestīmentum scidit.

The dog tore the garment.

Faber lignum fractum remōvit, sed cardinem ferreum retinuit atque refēcit.

The craftsman removed the broken wood but kept the iron hinge and repaired it

Tabellārius forīs stat, sed Titus forās currit et tabellārium salūtat.

The letter carrier stands outside, but Titus runs out and greets him.

Cavē canem ferōcem!

Beware of the fierce dog

Iānitor fabrum monuit.

The doorkeeper warned the craftsman.

Tabellārius forīs stat.

The letter carrier stands outside.

Puerī iānitōrem dērīsērunt.

The boys laughed at the doorkeeper.

Ego tabellās ferō, tū pallium fers, nōs litterās ferimus, vōs catēnās fertis.

I carry the tablets you the cloak we the letters and you the chains

Cornēlius dīxit tabellārium anteā accessisse.

Cornelius said that the letter carrier had approached before that.

Scīlicet canis catēnam nūper rūpit.

Of course the dog recently broke the chain

Canis anteā fremuit posteā momordit.

The dog growled before, afterwards it bit.

Iānitor canem catēnam rūpisse dīcit.

The doorkeeper says the dog broke the chain.

Iānitor tandem forēs aperuit.

The doorkeeper opened the door-leaves at last.

Prius iānitor catēnam remōvit, posteā forēs aperuit et tandem viātōrēs admīsit.

First the doorkeeper removed the chain then opened the doors and finally admitted the travellers