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Capitulum V

Vīlla et hortus

  • The plural accusative
  • The ablative and its prepositions
  • The plural imperative
  • Plural agreement
  • The forms of is, ea, id

26 words

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Words seen

  • vīlla country house, villa, farmhouse
  • hortus garden
  • ōstium door, entrance
  • fenestra window
  • ātrium atrium (the central hall of the house)
  • impluvium impluvium (the water basin in the atrium)
  • peristȳlum peristyle (an inner courtyard ringed by columns)
  • cubiculum bedroom, chamber
  • aqua water
  • rosa rose
  • līlium lily
  • nāsus nose
  • pulcher beautiful, pretty
  • foedus ugly, hideous
  • sōlus alone, only
  • habitō to live (somewhere), to dwell
  • amō to love, to like
  • dēlectō to delight, to please
  • carpō to pick, to pluck
  • agō to do, to drive, come on! (as imperative: age, agite)
  • cum with (+ ablative)
  • sine without (+ ablative)
  • ab from, away from (+ ablative)
  • ex out of, from (+ ablative)
  • etiam also, even, still
  • ablātīvus ablative (the case of place, accompaniment and means)

Sentences seen

  • In ātriō impluvium est.

    In the atrium there is an impluvium

  • Vīlla duo ōstia habet.

    The country house has two doors.

  • In vīllā magnā multae fenestrae sunt.

    There are many windows in the large country house.

  • In vīllā ātrium impluvium et multae fenestrae sunt.

    In the country house there are an atrium, an impluvium and many windows.

  • Rosae pulchrae in hortō sunt.

    Beautiful roses are in the garden

  • Cubicula vīllae parva sunt, sed ātrium magnum est.

    The bedrooms of the country house are small, but the atrium is large.

  • Nāsus Līviae foedus nōn est.

    Livia's nose is not ugly.

  • Līlia pulchra in cubiculō Līviae sunt.

    Beautiful lilies are in Livia's bedroom.

  • Rosae et līlia in hortō magnō pulchra sunt.

    The roses and lilies are beautiful in the large garden.

  • Līvia rosās carpit quia rosae eam dēlectant.

    Livia picks roses because the roses delight her

  • Puerī in hortō multās rosās carpunt, quia rosae pulchrae Tulliam dēlectant.

    The boys pick many roses in the garden, because the beautiful roses delight Tullia.

  • Lȳdia sōla in hortō cum Līviā est.

    Lydia is alone in the garden with Livia.

  • Līberī cum Tulliā in vīllā habitant.

    The children live in the country house with Tullia.

  • Lȳdia cum Līviā in hortō multās rosās carpit.

    Lydia picks many roses in the garden with Livia.

  • Tullia ab ōstiō venit et in ātriō cum Līviā est.

    Tullia comes from the door and is in the atrium with Livia.

  • Titus sine rosīs discēdit.

    Titus goes away without roses

  • Tullia ancillās vocat: « Tacēte, ancillae, et līlia carpite! »

    Tullia calls the maidservants: “Be quiet, maidservants, and pick the lilies!”

  • Līvia ex hortō cum quīnque rosīs venit.

    Livia comes from the garden with five roses.

  • Ancillae ex cubiculīs sine aquā veniunt.

    The maidservants come out of the bedrooms without water.

  • Tullia ab ōstiō venit.

    Tullia comes from the doorway.

  • Servī ex ātriō cum dominō veniunt et ancillae sine dominā discēdunt.

    The slaves come out of the atrium with the master and the maidservants leave without the mistress.

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