Nil Metuens
Omnia despera prudenter, et omnia spera
Fortiter; ut caveas omnia, nil metuas.
Wisely suspect, and stoutly things expect;
Be circumspect, let thee no Fear deject
Be circumspect, let thee no Fear deject
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
dēspērō, dēspērāre: despair, lose hope, give up
prūdenter: wisely, cautiously, carefully
caveō cavēre cāvī cautum: be on guard, beware
et: and
fortis -e: brave
metuō metuere metuī: to fear, to dread
nihil, nīl: nothing; not at all
omnis -e: all, every, as a whole
spērō -āre: to hope
ut, uti: as (+ indic.); so that, with the result that (+ subj.)