Virtute Ac Studio Per Orbem Fama Perpetua Comparatur
Virtus ac studium causa est, quod in orbe, per omne
Aevum, perpetuo gloria nostra viret.
By Studiousnesse, in Vertue's waies
Men gaine an universall-praise.
Men gaine an universall-praise.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There is only one word in this poem that is not on the DCC list:
vireō -ēre, viruī - be green, flourish
aevum -i n.: eternity; lifetime, age
atque, ac: and in addition, and also, and; (after comparatives) than; simul atque, as soon as
causa -ae f.: cause, reason
comparō -āre: get ready, provide; compare
fāma -ae f.: rumor, fame
glōria -ae f.: glory, fame
in: in, on (+ abl.); into, onto (+ acc)
noster nostra nostrum: our
omnis -e: all, every, as a whole
orbis -is m.: circle; orbis terrārum: world
per: through (+acc.)
perpetuus -a -um: unbroken, perpetual
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
studium -ī n.: eagerness, zeal
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
virtūs -ūtis f.: valor, manliness, virtue