Remigio Ventisque Secundis
Navigo remigio felix ventisque secundis,
Sic bene perficiam, quod bene coepit, iter.
To him a happy Lot befalls
That hath a Ship, and prosp'rous Gales.
That hath a Ship, and prosp'rous Gales.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are only three words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
nāvigō, -āre - sail, go by ship
perficiō -ficere -fēcī -fectum: bring to a conclusion, accomplish
rēmigium, rēmigiī n. - rowing, oars
bene: well
coepī coepisse coeptus: have begun
fēlīx -īcis: lucky; adv. fēlīciter
iter itineris n.: journey, route
que (enclitic) - and
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
secundus -a -um: following; favorable
sīc: in this manner, thus; sīc . . . ut: in the same way as
ventus -ī m.: wind