Leges et Lites
Filia lex litis, bona filia, pessima mater;
Filia lis legis, mater bona, pessima nata.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
līs (lītis, f.): lawsuit, quarrel
pessimus, -a, -um: worst
bonus -a -um: good
filia -ae f.; filius -ī m.: daughter; son
lēx lēgis: f. law
māter mātris f.: mother
nāscor nāscī nātus sum: be born
(illustration for Dickens' Bleak House)
