Rēs rūsticae

Agrī arantur, deinde novum frūmentum seritur.

The fields are ploughed, then new grain is sown.

Agricolae quī agrōs arant frūmentum quoque metunt.

The farmers who plough the fields also reap the grain

Agricola arātrō arat.

The farmer ploughs with the plough.

Agricolae frūmentum in agrīs serunt.

The farmers sow the grain in the fields.

Frūmentum metitur.

The grain is reaped.

Stichus falce ūtitur, Lȳdia sēmina manū spargit.

Stichus uses the sickle, Lydia scatters the seeds by hand.

Bonus agricola falce et arātrō ūtitur.

A good farmer uses the sickle and the plough

Agricola falce ūtitur.

The farmer uses the sickle.

Lydia hortum manibus colit.

Lydia cultivates the garden with her hands.

Arātrō ūtitur.

He uses the plough.

Parum aquae est in hortō, itaque Cornēlius imperat ut Stichus hortum riget.

There is too little water in the garden, so Cornelius orders that Stichus water it.

Cūra agrōrum magnum negōtium est.

The care of the fields is a great task

Dominus imperat ut Stichus labōret.

The master orders that Stichus work.

Cornēlius imperat ut Titus hortum riget.

Cornelius orders that Titus water the garden.

Imperō ut labōret.

I order that he work.

Titus cēnset frūmentum bene crēscere, quia agrī saepe rigantur.

Titus reckons that the grain grows well, because the fields are often watered.

Post opus servī quiēscunt, dominus autem in hortō ambulat.

After the work the slaves rest but the master walks in the garden

Dominus imperat ut servī quiēscant.

The master orders that the slaves rest.

Lupus ovibus pāstōris nocet.

The wolf harms the shepherd's sheep.

Agricola efficit ut frūmentum crēscat.

The farmer sees to it that the grain grows.

Tullia in praediō suburbānō habitat: rūrī ōtium est, in urbe negōtium.

Tullia lives on an estate near the city: in the country there is leisure, in the city business.

Opus rūsticum difficile est, sed dominus urbānus id nōn videt.

The work of the fields is hard but the master from the city does not see it

Sōl agrīs prōdest.

The sun benefits the fields.

Moneō tē ut bonus agricola sīs.

I warn you to be a good farmer.

Rūrī ōtium est in urbe negōtium

In the country there is leisure, in the city business.

Cornēlius colōnō imperat ut ager siccus rigētur.

Cornelius orders the tenant farmer that the dry field be watered.

Magna cōpia frūgum in urbem invehitur.

A great abundance of crops is carried into the city

Colōnus labōrat ut frūgēs bonae sint.

The tenant farmer works so that the crops may be good.

Cornēlius colōnō imperat ut agrī bene colantur.

Cornelius orders the tenant farmer that the fields be well tilled.

Dominus imperat ut ager arētur.

The master orders that the field be ploughed.

Ovēs in agrō pāscuntur, sed pāstor cavet nē errent.

The sheep graze in the field, but the shepherd takes care that they do not stray.

Grex in campō pābulum petit.

The flock seeks fodder in the plain

Dominus imperat nē grex erret.

The master orders that the flock not stray.

Pāstor cavet nē ovēs errent nēve lupus gregem petat.

The shepherd takes care that the sheep not stray and that the wolf not seek the flock.

Pāstor gregem pāscit et ovēs pāscuntur

The shepherd pastures the flock, and the sheep graze.

Sōl et calor efficiunt ut ūvae mātūrae sint.

The sun and the heat make the grapes ripe.

In vīneā multae vītēs crēscunt et ūvās dant.

In the vineyard many vines grow and give grapes

Ūva nōndum mātūra est.

The grape is not yet ripe.

Calor efficit ut vīnum bonum sit.

The heat makes the wine good.

Ūvae mātūrae sunt.

The grapes are ripe.

Cornēlius imperat ut colōnī prō mercēde labōrent.

The master orders the tenants to work in return for wages.

In amoenō hortō colōnī post labōrem quiēscunt.

In the pleasant garden the tenants rest after the work

Stichus prō dominō labōrat.

Stichus works on behalf of his master.

Cornēlius cavet nē frīgus vītibus noceat.

Cornelius sees to it that the cold does not harm the vines.

Labor colōnōrum magnus est.

The tenants' work is great.

Colōnus dominum precibus ōrat ut patientiam habeat.

The tenant entreats the master with his prayers to have patience.

Cornēlius precēs colōnī audit et patiēns est.

The master hears the prayers of the tenant and is patient

Colōnus ōrat ut dominus patientiam habeat.

The tenant asks that the master have patience.

Tricēsimō diē colōnus pecūniam dabit.

On the thirtieth day the tenant will give the money.

Dominus precēs audit et patiēns est

The master hears the prayers and is patient.

Quīdam pāstor neglegēns est, sed dominus inhūmānus nōn est.

A certain shepherd is careless, but the master is not unfeeling.

Dominus pāstōrem neglegentem monet, quia grex neglegitur.

The master warns the careless shepherd because the flock is neglected

Pāstor prohibet nē grex rapiātur.

The shepherd prevents the flock from being carried off.

Nōn opus est ut colōnus tantum pecūniae solvat.

There is no need for the tenant to pay so much money.

Quīdam pāstor gregem neglegit.

A certain shepherd neglects his flock.