Superstitio
Quando modum mediumque fugit, vanisque quiescit
Religio in rebus, facta superstitio est.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
religio (religiōnis, f.): obligation, reverence, religion
superstitio (superstitiōnis, f.): superstition, irrational dread
faciō facere fēcī factum: do, make
fugiō fugere fūgī fugitum: flee, escape
in: in, on (+ abl.); into, onto (+ acc)
medius -a -um: middle, central
modus -ī m.: measure, manner, kind
quandō: when?; since; si quando: if ever
que (enclitic) - and
quiēscō quiēscere quiēvī quiētum: keep quiet; sleep
rēs reī f.: thing (rēs pūblica, commonwealth; rēs familiāris, family property, estate; rēs mīlitāris, art of war; rēs novae, revolution)
vanus -a -um: empty; false, deceitful
