25.10.26: Level 1-2 (review): Julia (a Latin Reader) [2]

ĪTALIA

Caeruleum est Ītaliae caelum. Italī caelum caeruleum amant. Britannīs quoque caelum caeruleum grātum est, sed nōn saepe Britanniae caelum caeruleum est. Ītaliae agricolae olīvās et vīneās laudant, iuvencīs albīs agrōs arant. Placidī sunt oculī iuvencōrum. Placidī et pulchrī sunt iuvencī. Ītaliae agricolīs grātī sunt iuvencī. Britannicī agricolae nōn iuvencīs sed equīs agrōs arant. Validī et pulchrī sunt equī magnī.

In Ītaliā clīvī multī sunt. Italī in clīvīs parvīs oppida aedificant. Oppidānī oppida in clīvīs habitant. In campō vīneae et olīvae sunt, in clīvīs oppida. Per campōs viae Rōmānae sunt. Longae et rēctae sunt viae Rōmānae. Oppidānī olīvās et ūvās, agricolae pecūniam dēsīderant. Itaque oppidānī pecūniam agricolīs dant, et per viās Rōmānās agricolae olīvās et ūvās ad oppida in plaustrīs portant.

[1]

caelum, -ī [2/n]: sky

clīvus, -ī [2/m]: hill, slope

equus, -ī [2/m]: horse

oculus, -ī [2/m]: eye

olīva, -ae [1/f]: olive

oppidum, -ī [2/n]: town

oppidānus, -ī [2/m]: townsman

plaustrum, -ī [2/n]: cart

vīnea, -ae [1/f]: vineyard

ūva, -ae [1/f]: grape

[2]

caeruleus, -a, -um: blue

placidus, -a, -um: calm

rēctus, -a, -um: straight

validus, -a, -um: strong

[3]

aedificō, aedificāre [1]: build

arō, arāre [1]: plough

dēsīderō, dēsīderāre [1]: desire

[4]

itaque: and so

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The sky of Italy is blue. The Italians love the blue sky. The blue sky is also pleasing to the Britons, but the sky of Britain is not often blue. The farmers of Italy praise olive trees and vineyards; they plough the fields with white oxen. The eyes of the oxen are calm. The oxen are calm and beautiful. The oxen are pleasing to the farmers of Italy. British farmers plough the fields not with oxen but with horses. The horses are strong and beautiful and large.

In Italy there are many hills. The Italians build towns on small hills. The townspeople live in towns on the hills. In the plain there are vineyards and olive trees; on the hills there are towns. Through the fields there are Roman roads. The Roman roads are long and straight. The townspeople desire olives and grapes; the farmers desire money. And so the townspeople give money to the farmers, and along the Roman roads the farmers carry olives and grapes to the towns in carts.