Morbus
Tarda equitans abit ipse gravis testudine morbus,
Qui venit celeri nave, superbo et equo.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
equitō, equitāre: ride on horseback
testūdo (testūdinis, f.): tortoise, turtle
abeō -īre -iī -itum: go away
celer -is -e: swift; adv. celeriter
equus -ī m.: horse
et: and
gravis -e: heavy
ipse ipsa ipsum: him- her- itself
morbus -ī m.: sickness, disease
nāvis -is f.: ship
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
superbus -a -um: overbearing, proud, haughty
tardus -a -um: slow, sluggish, lingering
veniō venīre vēnī ventum: come
