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OCR GCSE Latin Literature paper, option b (?) for my own revision, use if you want
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No study sessions yet.
interea medias fallunt sermonibus horas sentirique moram prohibent.
Meanwhile, they while away the intervening hours with conversations and prevent the delay from being realised.
erat alveus illic fagineus dura clavo suspensus ab ansa;
There was a bathtub there made of beech, suspended from a nail by a sturdy handle;
is tepidis impletur aquis artusque fovendos accipit
this is filled with warm water and receives limbs which need warming.
in medio torus est de mollibus ulvis impositus lecto sponda pedibusque salignis;
In the middle (of the house) is a mattress of soft sedge placed on a bed with a frame and feet made of willow;
vestibus hunc velant quas non nisi tempore festo sternere consuerant,
they cover this with a coverlet which they were not accustomed to strew over it except at holiday time,
sed et haec vilisque vetusque vestis erat, lecto non indignanda saligno. accubuere dei.
but even this coverlet was both cheap and ancient, not to be deemed unworthy of the willow couch. The gods reclined (on it).