Friday, April 6, 2012

Ansere Romano...

Here is today's distich by Martial, 13.73:

Ansere Romano quamvis satur Hannibal esset,
ipse suas numquam barbarus edit aves.


Here is the vocabulary:

anser - goose
Romanus - Roman
quamvis - although
satur - full, sated
Hannibal - Hannibal
sum - be, exist
ipse - emphatic adj/pronoun
suus - reflexive possessive
numquam - never
barbarus - barbarian
edo - eat
avis - bird