Amor Amaror
Dic mihi, quid sit amor? Nihil est, nisi mentis amaror;
Dulcia promittens, cogit acerba pati.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
acerbus, -a, -um: bitter, harsh, grievous
amāror (amārōris, m.): bitter taste, bitterness
amor -ōris m.: love
cōgō cōgere coēgī coāctum: drive together; compel
dīcō dīcere dīxī dictum: say; causam dicere, plead a case; diem dicere, appoint a day
dulcis -e: sweet
ego meī mihi mē: I, me
mēns mentis f.: mind
nihil, nīl: nothing; not at all
nisi/nī: if not, unless
patior patī passus sum: permit, endure
prōmittō -mittere -mīsī -missum: send forth, offer
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
