Schola Latina Universalis

Latin of the Classic Times and of the Middle Ages
SCHOLA LATINA
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SAPIENTIA
Transitus aquarum
 Transit over water

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Trajecturus flumen
ne madefiat
aedificare sunt:

 


Pontes
pro vehiculis
et ponticuli
pro peditibus.

 

Si flumen
habet vadum
vadatur.

 

Struuntur etiam
rates
ex compactis tignis
vel pontones
ex trabibus consolidatis
ne aquam excipiant.

 


Porro fabricantur
lintres
qui aguntur
remo
vel conto
aut trahuntur
remulco.

 

To pass over a river
and not to get wet,
costructed are:

 


Bridges
for vehicles
and foot-bridges
for pedestrians.

 

If a river
has  a ford,
it can be waded over.

 

Also made are
rafts
from compacted timber
or pontoons
from planks laid close
as not to seep water.

 


Also made are
boats
which are moved with
oar
or pole
or hauled
with cable.