Audaces Fortuna Iuvat
Femina fortunae similis formosa videtur,
Non amat ignavos illa, nec illa, viros.
FORTUNE ASSISTS THE BOLD
Fair women are like Fortune: Neither she,
Nor they love men that slothful-bashful be.
Fair women are like Fortune: Neither she,
Nor they love men that slothful-bashful be.
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:
formōsus -a -um - handsome, beautiful
ignāvus -a -um - lazy, idle, useless
amo -āre: to love
audāx audācis: bold, daring; reckless
fēmina -ae f.: woman
fortūna -ae f.: fortune
ille, illa, illud: that
iuvo -āre iūvī iūtum: help, assist; please, delight
neque, nec: and not, nor; neque . . . neque, neither . . . nor
nōn: not
similis -e: like, similar
video -ēre vīdī vīsum: see
vir virī m.: man