Dives et Pauper
Dum dives loquitur, verbum Salomonis habetur;
Dum pauper loquitur, stupidissimus esse videtur.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
Salomon (Salomōnis, m.): Solomon, the wise king
stupidus, -a, -um: senseless, foolish, stupid
dīves, dīvitis: rich (poet. dīs, dītis)
dum: while (+ indic.); until (+ subj.); provided that (+ subj.)
habeō habēre habuī habitum: have, hold
loquor loquī locūtus sum: speak, talk
pauper -eris: poor, lowly
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
verbum -ī n.: word
videō vidēre vīdī vīsum: see
