Cur calamum tractas dextra, gladiumque sinistra?
Est tibi Mars laevus, dexter Apollo tuus.
A Pen thy right Hand, Sword thy left doth follow:
Mars is Sinister, Dexter’s thine Apollo.
Mars is Sinister, Dexter’s thine Apollo.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are three words which are not on the DCC list, plus two proper nouns:
calamus, -ī m. - cane, reed, reed pen
laevus -a -um - left, awkward, ill-omened
sinister, sinistra, sinistrum - left, awkward, wrong, unlucky
Apollo, Apollinis m. - Apollo, god of music and poetry
Mars, Martis m. - Mars, god of war
cūr: why?
dexter -tra -trum: right (opp. sinister -tra -trum, left)
gladius -ī m.: sword
que: and (enclitic)
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
tracto -āre: handle, manage
tū tuī tibi tē: you (sing.)
tuus -a -um: your
(Apollo)
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