Nos bibimus vitro, tu murra, Pontice. Quare?
Prodat perspicuus ne duo vina calix.
We drink in glass, but you in stone; and why?
Lest clear glass should your better wine descry.
- Anon.
Lest clear glass should your better wine descry.
- Anon.
Here is the vocabulary:
nos - we
bibo - drink
vitrum - glass
tu - you
murra - murrine stone
Ponticus - Ponticus
quare - why
prodo - bring forth, reveal
perspicuus - transparent, clear
ne - so that not, lest
duo - two
vinum - wine
calix - cup, goblet