In Quendam Grammaticastrum
Grammaticus bonus, nil praeter grammata nosti.
Scis praeter literas nihil, literatus homo es.
OF A CERTAIN GRAMMATICASTER
Thou Letters knowst, a good Grammarian:
And nothing knowst but them; A learned man.
Thou Letters knowst, a good Grammarian:
And nothing knowst but them; A learned man.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are three words which are not on the DCC list:
gramma, f. - line of writing, stroke of the pen
grammaticus -a -um - grammatical; grammarian
litterātus -a -um - learned, educated
bonus -a -um: good
homo hominis m.: human being
līttera -ae f.: letter, (pl.) literature
nihil, nīl: nothing; not at all
nihil, nīl: nothing; not at all
nōsco nōscere nōvī nōtum: learn, know
praeter: by, along, past; besides, except (+ acc.)
scio -īre -īvī/-iī -ītum: know
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist