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Capitulum XXIV

Puer aegrōtus

  • The pluperfect: what had ALREADY happened when it happened
  • -eram, -erās, -erat: the imperfect of esse stuck onto the perfect stem
  • A tense that never stands alone: it needs a second moment to measure itself against
  • vocātus erat: two words again, and it is the second that has changed
  • mīrātus est, passa est — deponents make their perfect in two words
  • nōvī means “I know”: the perfect that is not a past

34 words

Chapter notebook

Words seen

  • aegrōtus sick, ill
  • dolor pain, grief
  • os bone
  • latus side, flank
  • fleō to weep, to cry
  • frangō to break, to shatter
  • dēnuō anew, all over again
  • sonus sound, noise
  • strepitus din, clatter
  • tumultus uproar, commotion
  • percutiō to strike, to hit
  • subitus sudden, unexpected
  • subitō suddenly, all at once
  • iūxtā next to, close beside
  • pār equal, matching
  • impār unequal, odd
  • laevus left
  • cruentus bloody, blood-stained
  • convertō to turn round, to turn
  • recumbō to lie back down, to recline
  • valdē very, greatly
  • mīror to wonder at, to be amazed
  • patior to endure, to suffer
  • nōscō to get to know, to know
  • ignōrō to be unaware of, not to know
  • cupiō to desire, to long for
  • certō for certain, assuredly
  • continuō immediately, at once
  • plūsquamperfectum pluperfect
  • prīmō at first, to begin with
  • aliter otherwise, differently
  • intus inside, within
  • etsī even if, although
  • cēterum for the rest, besides

Sentences seen

  • Puer flēvit, quia os frēgerat.

    The boy wept, because he had broken a bone.

  • Puella aegrōta tōtam noctem flēverat, sed nunc dormit.

    The sick girl had wept all night but now she sleeps

  • Puer flēverat.

    The boy had wept.

  • Ossa frēgerant.

    They had broken the bones.

  • Puer aegrōtus flēverat.

    The sick boy had wept.

  • Cum medicus vēnit, puella iam flēverat, quia frāter os frēgerat.

    When the doctor arrived the girl had already wept because her brother had broken a bone

  • Puella strepitum audīvit, quia servus iūxtā iānuam cecinerat.

    The girl heard the din, because a servant had sung right beside the door.

  • Tumultus subitus omnēs excitāvit, etsī nox erat.

    A sudden uproar woke everyone even though it was night

  • Servus iānuam percusserat.

    The servant had struck the door.

  • Sonum audīveram.

    I had heard a sound.

  • Tumultus magnus fuerat.

    The uproar had been great.

  • Subitō ventus iānuam percussit et magnus tumultus iuxtā forum ortus est.

    Suddenly the wind struck the door and a great uproar arose near the forum

  • Medicus vocātus erat, nam ossa frācta erant.

    The doctor had been called, for the bones had been broken.

  • Puer cruentus valdē dolēbat, etsī nūllum os frāctum erat.

    The bloodied boy was in great pain even though no bone had been broken

  • Medicus vocātus erat.

    The doctor had been called.

  • Ossa frācta erant.

    The bones had been broken.

  • Vestis mūtāta erat.

    The garment had been changed.

  • Mercātor in laevum latus recubuerat, deinde caput ad sonum convertit.

    The merchant had lain on his left side then turned his head towards the sound

  • Medicus mīrātus est, nam omnia ignōrāverat.

    The doctor was amazed, for he had known nothing.

  • Ancilla certō vēra nōvit, sed nēmō eam interrogāvit.

    The maid assuredly knows the truth but nobody questioned her

  • Puella mīrāta est.

    The girl was amazed.

  • Multa passī erant.

    They had endured much.

  • Medicus mīrātus erat.

    The doctor had been amazed.

  • Viātor multum frīgus passus est, sed continuō iter facere cupīvit.

    The traveller suffered greatly from the cold but wanted to continue his journey at once

  • Etsī medicus prīmō vocātus erat, cēterum nōndum vēnerat.

    Although the doctor had at first been called, for the rest he had not yet come.

  • Cēterum nēmō rem nōverat, etsī omnēs multa dīxerant.

    For the rest nobody knew the matter even though everyone had said much

  • Etsī aegrōtus erat vēnerat.

    Although he was ill, he had come.

  • Rem aliter nōverāmus.

    We knew the matter otherwise.

  • Medicus prīmō vēnerat.

    The doctor had come first.

  • Etsī prīmō intus manserat, cēterum posteā aliter cōnsīlium cēpit.

    Although he had first stayed inside he nevertheless later made a different decision

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