Septima iam, Phileros, tibi conditur uxor in agro:
Plus nulli, Phileros, quam tibi, reddit ager.
Thy seventh wife lies buried in thy field:
Thy ground more gain than any man's doth yield.
- Fletcher
Thy ground more gain than any man's doth yield.
- Fletcher
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are only two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
Phileros - proper name
septimus -a -um - seventh
ager agrī m.: field
condo -ere -didī -ditum: build, found; store up; hide, conceal
iam: now; already
in: in, on (+ abl.); into onto (+ acc)
nūllus -a -um: not any, no one
plūs plūris n.: a greater amount or number, more
quam: how?; (after comparative) than
reddo -dere -didī -ditum: return, give back
tū tuī tibi tē: you (sing.)
uxor uxōris f.: wife