Ad Invidum
Non legis et carpis; quae nec capis, invide, carpis;
Invide, quid carpis? Fac meliora; legam.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
carpo, carpere: pick, pluck, criticize
invidus, -a, -um: spiteful, hateful, hostile
ad: to, up to, towards (+acc.)
capiō capere cēpī captum: seize
et: and
faciō facere fēcī factum: do, make
legō legere lēgī lēctum: gather, choose, read
melior -ius: better
neque nec: and not, nor; neque . . . neque, neither . . . nor
nōn: not
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
