Here is today's distich by Martial, 14.217:
Accipiter
Praedo fuit volucrum: famulus nunc aucupis idem
Decipit et captas non sibi maeret aves.
Here is the vocabulary:
accipiter - hawk
praedo - thief, robber
sum - be, exist
volucer - flying creature, bird
famulus - slave, servant
nunc - now
auceps - bird-catcher
idem - the same
decipio - deceive, cheat, trap
et - and
capto - grab, grasp, seize
non - not, no
se - reflexive pronoun
maereo - grieve, feel sad, mourn
avis - bird

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