time and motion prose comp

He left Rome in the morning

Roma discessit mane

He proceeded through the fields

processit / progressus est per agros

To the coast

ad oram / ad litus

By land and sea

terra marique

They set out the next day from the city

profecti sunt postridie ab urbe

He crossed the river twice

transiit / transgressus est flumen bis

Into the cold water

gelidam in aquam

From one tiny harbour

ex uno minimo portu

to the top of the mountain

summum ad montem

he made a journey

iter fecit

He approached the camp

castris appropinquavit

he returned to Rome

Romam rediit / regressus est

from the homeland

a patria

to the very end of the island

extremam ad insulam

from one side of the city to the other

ab una parte urbis ad aliam

on the third night

tertia nocte

for fifty days and nights

quinquaginta dies noctesque

in winter

hieme

in summer

aestate

on the fifth day

quinto die

within twenty days

viginti diebus

a few days later

paucis post diebus

for three months

tres menses

a few hours later

paucis post horis

for four years

quattuor horas