06.09.24: Level 2; reading; dē autumnō

The topic of weather and seasons has been covered in a lot of depth in the posts, and so here is the link to the file in the group which gives all the links to previous posts from the most basic to more advanced on the topic:

https://www.facebook.com/.../permalink/478446208099986/

The text here only lists new vocabulary that was not in the previous posts.

Dē autumnō

Autumnō sōl paulātim ad austrum dēscendit. Singulī diēs breviōrēs fīunt. Singulae item noctēs longiōrēs sunt. Tempestās frīgidior esse incipit. Prīmō autumnō arborēs frūctibus curvant. Zephyrus lēniter spīrat. Sōl autumnī iam nōn ūrit. Autumnus omnibus grātus est.

Frīgus autem in diēs singulōs crēscit. Folia arborum paulātim variōs trahunt colōrēs. Terra frīgēscit. Iam agrī māne pruīnā albēscere incipient. Herba paulātim moritur. Tum dēmum folia ārēscunt, moriuntur, cadunt. Hinc atque hinc pīnūs nigrae stant. Reliquae arborēs nūdae foliīs sunt. Avēs in austrum migrant. Hominēs mātūrant ultimōs frūctūs legere, bovēs ex agrīs colligere, omnia in hiemem parāre.

Extrēmō autumnō caelum nūbibus nigrēscit. Ventus saevit atque arboribus sonat. Madēns auster gelidum imbrem fert. Omnēs hominēs tēctum petunt et circum focum suum congregantur.

Vocabulary

paulātim: gradually

item: just like

curvō, -āre; curvāvī [1]: bend

zephyrus, -ī 2/m: the west wind

lēniter: slowly

moritur: (it) dies; is dying

moriuntur: (they) die; are dying

tum dēmum: finally

pīnūs, -ūs [4/f] or -ī [2/f]: pine tree

hinc atque hinc: on each side

mātūrō, -āre; mātūrāvī [1]: rush; hasten

madēns, -entis: dripping

tectum, -ī 2/n: roof; shelter (can also refer to ‘house’)

focus, -ī 2/m: fireplace; hearth

congregantur: (they) gather together

1. Where does the sun descend to in Autumn?

2. What are the trees like in early Autumn?

3. How does the west wind blow?

4. How does the heat of the sun change?

5. What does everybody feel about Autumn?

6. How do the leaves change?

7. What are the fields like in the morning?

8. What happens to the grass?

9. What finally happens to the leaves?

10. How are [i] the pine trees and [ii] the rest of the trees described?

11. What do the birds do?

12. What three things do men hurry to do?

13. What is the sky like in late Autumn?

14. How is the wind described?

15. What does the south wind bring?

16. What does everybody do?