Part Two
Baskets | corbēs (9)
are of use for carrying things | īnserviunt rēbus
trānsferendīs
and chests | arcae (10)
(which are made fast with a key) | (quae clāvī recluduntur)
(11)
for keeping them | adservandīs illīs.
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arca, -ae [1/f]: chest
clāvis, -is [3/f]: key; note: not *clava, -ae [1/f]: club;
cudgel
corbis, -is [3/m]: basket
rēs, reī [5/f]: thing
Part Three
Under the roof | sub tēctō
is the floor | est solum (pāvimentum) (12)
In the yard | in āreā (13)
is a well | puteus (14)
a stable | stabulum (15)
and a bath | cum balneō (16)
under the house | sub domō
is the cellar | est cella (17)
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area, -ae [1/f]: yard
balneum, -ī [2/n]: bath
cella, -ae [1/f]: storeroom / cellar
puteus, -ī [2/m]: well
stabulum, -ī [2/n]: stable
tēctum, -ī [2/n]: roof
pāvimentum, -ī [2/n]: pavement / floor; solum, -ī [2/n]: floor
/ ground
In the text, Comenius uses these terms to refer to the floored area of an attic, but they are general words for any paved or flat surface.
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