“Lateris prīmī longitūdinem circiter quingenta mīlia esse iūdicat, secundī septingenta, tertiī octingenta. Itaque dē magnitūdine insulae nōn multum errabat. Flūmen Tamesam ā marī circiter octōgintā mīlia distāre iūdicat." Hīc nōs puerī "Errābat igitur" inquimus; "nam inter Londinium et mare nōn sunt octōgintā mīlia." Sed patruus meus "Rectē iudicābat" inquit; "nam pars maris ubi Caesaris castra erant circiter octōgintā mīlia Rōmāna ā Londiniō distat. Tria maria insulam nostram circumdant; inter Britanniam et Galliam est mare Britannicum vel fretum Gallicum; ab occidente mare Hibernicum; ab oriente mare Germānicum. Nōmina marium temporibus antīquīs nōn ūsitāta erant; sed iam Graecī Britanniam esse insulam iūdicābant."
Vocabulary review:
match the Latin and English
circiter
circumdō, -dare,
-dedī, -dātus [1]
distō, -āre,
distitī [1]
errō, -āre, -āvī,
-ātus [1]
flūmen, flūminis
[3/n]
fretum, -ī [2/n]
Hibernicus, -a,
-um
itaque
iūdicō, -āre,
-āvī, -ātus [1]
latus, lateris
[3/n]
longitūdō,
longitūdinis [3/f]
magnitūdō,
magnitūdinis [3/f]
occidēns,
occidentis [3/m]
oriēns, orientis
[3/m]
rēctē
ūsitātus, -a, -um
judge / determine;
Irish; east; correctly; channel / estuary; approximately; length; make a
mistake; river; stand apart / be distant; size; side; surround; therefore; used
/ usual / common; west
Note: to review
i-stem nouns like mare, -is [3/n]:
Level 3; Sonnenschein; Prō Patriā [3];
Cunobelīnus [4]; review: i-stem nouns (3)
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/03/140625-level-3-sonnenschein-cunobelinus.html
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