Dives et Lazarus
Est in Evangelio, verum sine nomine, dives,
Pauper ubi aeternum, Lazare, nomen habes.
DIVES AND LAZARUS
The Gospel doth a nameless Rich man blame,
Where Lazarus hath an eternal Name.
The Gospel doth a nameless Rich man blame,
Where Lazarus hath an eternal Name.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are only two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
ēvangelium, n. - gospel, good news
Lazarus - proper name
aeternus -a -um: everlasting, eternal
dīves, dīvitis: rich (poet. dīs, dītis)
et: and
habeo -ēre -uī habitum: have, hold
in: in, on (+ abl.); into onto (+ acc)
nōmen -inis n.: name
pauper -eris: poor, lowly
sine: without (+ abl.)
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
ubi: where, when
vērus -a -um: true; vērē, truly