Est in carcere locus, quod Tullianum appellatur, ubi paululum ascenderis ad laevam, circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus.
Classical and Medieval Latin examples for learners
Est in carcere locus, quod Tullianum appellatur, ubi paululum ascenderis ad laevam, circiter duodecim pedes humi depressus.
Sextus mittitur hic tibi libellus,
inprīmīs mihi cārē Mārtiālis:
quem sī terseris aure dīligentī,
audēbit minus ānxius tremēnsque
magnās Caesaris in manūs venīre.
Shelmerdine 12: carus + dat., numbers, si
Shelmerdine 13: Relative pron.
Shelmerdine 14: Present passive
Vocab
| libellus, libellī, m. | liber parvus |
| inprīmīs | especially |
| tergeō, tergēre, tersī, tersus | to wipe, clean |
| auris, auris, f. | ear |
| dīligens, diligentis | careful, scrupulous |
| ānxius, -a, -um | anxious, uneasy |
| tremēns, trementis | trembling, fearful |
| manus, manūs, f. | hand (manūs here acc. pl.) |
If you wait until ch. 16, don’t need to gloss manus; and tremens forms a good lead in to pres. act. ppl. in ch. 17.