Dīc mihi, … Tell me … [Literally: say to me…]
Dīc mihi, quaesō, … Tell me, please, … [quaesō: I ask, but, when you are speaking, it can translate as ‘please’]
Dīc mihi, quaesō, estne …? Tell me, please, is there …? [remember: -ne creates a question]
Dīc mihi, quaesō, estne macellum …? Tell me, please, is there a market …?
Dīc mihi, quaesō, estne macellum ¦ in vīcīnitāte? Tell me, please, is there a market in the neighbourhood?
Here are some places you would have found in Ancient Rome; how would you ask if there was one nearby?
- fluvius: river
- argentāria: banking-house; bank
- caupōna: inn; tavern
- laniēna: butcher’s shop
- piscina: swimming pool
- popīna: a place where food and drink were sold; cook-shop; eating-house
- taberna: shop
- taberna lībrāria: bookshop
- tōnstrīna: barber’s shop
- amphitheātrum: amphitheatre
- dēversōrium / hospitium : inn; lodging house
- forum: public place, marketplace
- forum boārium: cattle-market
- forum olitōrium: vegetable market
- forum piscātōrium: fish market
- macellum: food market
- pistrīnum: bakery
- templum: temple
- theātrum: theatre
- thermopōlium: place where food and hot drinks were sold, similar to a restaurant or café
- valētūdinārium: hospital
The images show [1] a bakery in Pompeii [2] Trajan's Market in Rome [3] a 'thermopolium' i.e. a fast-food restaurant long before McDonald's thought it up! [4] the fishmonger's at Ostia [5] a lady patiently waiting while the joint is cut in the butcher's
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