01.07.26: Level 2 (review); weather (2); Comenius (1658) [2]; VIII: The Clouds│Nūbēs

A vapour  ascendeth from the water. │ Vapor ascendit ex aquā.

From it a cloud is made, and a white mist, near the earth. │ Inde nūbēs fit, et nebula prope terram.

Rain and a small shower distilleth out of a cloud, drop by drop.│ Pluvia et imber stillat ē nūbe guttātim.

Which being frozen, is hail, half frozen is snow, being warm is mel-dew.│ Quæ gelāta, grandō, semigelāta, nix, calefacta, rūbīgō est.

In a rainy cloud, set over against the sun, the rainbow appeareth.│ In nūbe pluviōsā, opposita sōlī, īrīs appāret.

A drop falling into the water maketh a bubble, many bubbles make froth. │ Gutta incīdēns in aquam, facit bullam, multæ bullæ faciunt spūmam.

Frozen water is called ice, dew congealed is called a white frost.│ Aqua congelāta glaciēs, rōs congelātus dīcitur pruīna.

Thunder is made of a brimstone-like vapour, which breaking out of a cloud with lightning, thundereth and
striketh with lightning.│ Tonitrus fit ex vapōre sulphurēō, quod ērumpēns ē nūbe cum fulgure, tonat & fulminat.

[1] Nouns

First Declension

aqua, -ae [1/f]: water

bulla, -ae [1/f]: bubble

gutta, -ae [1/f]: drop

nebula, -ae [1/f]: mist, fog

pluvia, -ae [1/f]: rain

pruīna, -ae [1/f]: hoarfrost, white frost

spūma, -ae [1/f]: froth, foam

terra, -ae [1/f]: earth, land

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Third Declension

imber, imbris [3/m]: rain-shower, storm

rōs, rōris [3/m]: dew

sōl, sōlis [3/m]: sun

vapor, -ōris [3/m]: vapor, steam

grandō, -inis [3/f]: hail

īris, -idis [3/f]: rainbow

nix, nivis [3/f]: snow

nūbēs, -is [3/f]: cloud

rūbīgō, -inis [3/f]: mildew, rust

fulgur, -uris [3/n]: lightning

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Fourth Declension

tonitrus, -ūs [4/m]: thunder

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Fifth Declension

glaciēs, -ēī [5/f]: ice

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[2] Verbs

First Conjugation

congelō, congelāre [1]: freeze, congeal

• congelātus, -a, -um: (having been) frozen

gelō, gelāre [1]: freeze

• from: gelū, -ūs [4/n]: frost, cold, chill
• (semi-)gelātus: (half) frozen

fulminō, fulmināre [1]: strike with lightning

stillō, stillāre [1]: distill, drip

tonō, tonāre [1]: thunder

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Second Conjugation

appāreō, appārēre [2]: appear

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Third Conjugation

ascendō, ascendere [3]: ascend, rise

dīcō, dīcere [3]: say, call

• dīcitur: (s)he / it is called

Third Conjugation -iō

calefaciō, calefacere [3]: warm, heat

• calefactus, -a, -um: (having been) heated

faciō, facere [3]: make

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Irregular

fīō, fierī [irreg.]: become, be made

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[3]

guttātim: drop-by-drop

gutta + -ātim

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