Ex Utroque Caesar
Artibus ac armis: ab utrisque ego Caesar in orbe
Dicor; erunt artes armaque noster amor.
A Princes most ennobling Parts,
Are Skill in Armes, and Love to Arts.
Are Skill in Armes, and Love to Arts.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. All the words in this poem are on that list! Note also one proper noun not on the list:
Caesar, Caesaris m. - Caesar, emperor
ā, ab, abs: from, by (+abl.)
amor -ōris m.: love
arma -ōrum n. pl.: arms
ars artis f.: skill
atque, ac: and in addition, and also, and; (after comparatives) than; simul atque, as soon as
dīco dīcere dīxī dictum: say; causam dicere, plead a case; diem dicere, appoint a day
ego me mihi mē: I, me
ex, ē: out of, from (+ abl.)
in: in, on (+ abl.); into onto (+ acc)
noster nostra nostrum: our
orbis -is m.: circle; orbis terrārum world
que: and (enclitic)
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
uter-, utra-, utrumque: each of two