Footnote 75: The mother of Laetawas named Pissumena.
And you," asked Laeta Acilia, "you whose voice is so soft and whose face is so beautiful, what is your name?
Laeta Acilia replied: "Mary, I will do as you ask.
I knew it," replied Mary Magdalen "and I have come, Laeta Acilia, to instruct you in the truth of Jesus Christ.
But for some moments past Laeta Acilia had ceased to listen.
As she listened to this narrative Laeta Acilia lost little by little her sense of joy and contentment.
When it shall please you to see me again ask of the passers-by for the house of Laeta Acilia; any of the citizens will be able to show you the way without trouble.
Laeta stretched out her hand and took a little cap which an old slave laughingly offered her.
Laeta Acilia lived in Marseilles during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius.
The sacred historians believe unanimously that Laeta Acilia was not converted to the faith of Christ until many years after this interview which I have faithfully recorded.
The slaves, mistaking her for a beggar, were about to drive her away when Laeta Acilia, recognising her at the first glance, rose and ran towards her.
IT was six months later that Laeta Acilia, lying on a purple couch in the courtyard of her house, crooned a little song that had no sense and which her mother had sung before her.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "laeta" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
