C XVI L. 1 v. 17-27
Brundisium
Brindisi (Southeastern Italian port city on the Adriatic Sea)
Puteolī
Pozzuoli (Southwestern Italian port city on the Gulf of Naples)
Arīminum
Rimini (Northeastern Italian port city on the Adriatic Sea)
verbum compostum
compound verb
finis terrae
end of the land
ex omnibus terrīs
from all lands
unde
from where
unde mare incipit
from where the sea begins
adire
go up to, approach
merx, mercis f.
goods, merchandise
portus portūs m (noun 4th decl)
harbor, port
portus est locus
a port/harbor is a place
haec omnia
all these things
haec omnia oppida
all these towns
semper
always (adverb)
ac, atque
and also, and even, and
sunt
are
sita sunt
are situated, are located
sed etiam hominēs
but also people
sed etiam hominēs vehuntur
but also people are carried
in portibus (in + ablative pl)
in the harbors
in aliās terrās
into other lands
in portūs (in + accusative pl)
into the harbors
plēnus est hominum
is full of people
est plēnus hominum quī volunt
is full of people who want
a sea "gulf"
it is a large, deep bay of a sea jutting inland
magnōs portūs
large ports/harbors
multī portūs
many ports/harbors
mercēs sunt rēs
merchandise are things
mercator, mercatoris, m. (noun 3rd decl)
merchant, trader
nōn modo mercēs vehuntur
not only are goods carried
nōn modo mercēs
not only goods/merchandise
nōn modo ... sed etiam
not only... but also
in orā maritimā
on the sea coast
alia oppida
other towns
hominēs
people
homo, hominis, m. (noun, 3rd decl)
person, human being
oppida maritima
seaside towns
nāvis, nāvis f. (noun, 3rd decl)
ship, boat
naves
ships
naves possunt
ships are able
nāvēs veniunt
ships come
verbum simplex
simple verb
Portus Ostiensis
the Ostian Port (the port at Ostia)
ora Italiae
the coast of Italy
ora maritima
the sea coast (or seacoast)
Genua
Genoa (Northwestern Italian port city on the Ligurian sea)
rēs quās mercātōrēs emunt
the things which merchants buy
rēs quās mercātōrēs vēndunt
the things which merchants sell
rēs quās emunt
the things which they buy
rēs quās vēndunt
the things which they sell
rēs, reī (f) (noun, 5th decl)
thing, matter, situation, stuff
in aliās terrās navigāre volunt
want to sail into other lands
quō
where (ie the place which)
quae mercātōrēs vehunt
which carry the merchants
quae vehunt
which carry/convey
quae mercēs vehunt
which convey merchandise
quae habent
which have
quī volunt
who want
quī navigāre volunt
who want to sail