Tibi Soli Peccavi
Subditus in legem peccat, regemque, Deumque.
Rex peccat soli (rex quia nempe) Deo.
AGAINST THEE ONLY HAVE I SINNED
Subjects do sin ’gainst God, the King, the Laws,
A King ’gainst God alone: A King because.
Subjects do sin ’gainst God, the King, the Laws,
A King ’gainst God alone: A King because.
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:
nempe - truly, certainly, of course
subdō -ere, subdidī, subditum - place under, subject, subdue
deus -ī m.; dea -ae f. god; goddess
in: in, on (+ abl.); into, onto (+ acc)
lēx lēgis: f. law
peccō -āre: commit a wrong, injure
que (enclitic) - and
quia: because
rēx rēgis m.: king
sōlus -a -um: only, alone; sōlum (adv.), only, merely
tū tuī tibi tē: you (sing.)