Ut Ne Quid Dedeceat
Ne quid dedeceat, facto caveamus in omni,
Apta rei caput est, tempora nosse, suae.
In all thine Actions, have a care
That no unseemlinesse appeare.
That no unseemlinesse appeare.
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:
dēdecet - it is unbecoming, unseemly
aliquis -quae -quod: some, any; si quis, si quid: anyone who, anything that
aptus -a -um: fit, suitable
caput capitis n.: head
caveō cavēre cāvī cautum: be on guard, beware
faciō facere fēcī factum: do, make
in: in, on (+ abl.); into, onto (+ acc)
nē: lest, that not
nōscō nōscere nōvī nōtum: learn, know
omnis -e: all, every, as a whole
reus -ī m.: defendant
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
suus -a -um: his own, her own, its own
tempus -oris n.: time
ut, uti: as (+ indic.); so that, with the result that (+ subj.)
