Manus Manum Lavat
Sic bene conveniunt, caro cum coniuge coniunx,
Cum manus una manum proluit alterius.
Where Lovers fitly matched be
In mutuall-duties, they agree.
In mutuall-duties, they agree.
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:
lavō, lavare: wash, bathe
prōluō, prōluere: wash, wash up
alter altera alterum: other of two
bene: well
cārus -a -um: dear
coniunx coniugis m./f.: spouse, husband, wife
conveniō -venīre -vēnī -ventum: assemble, meet; agree
cum: with (prep. + abl.); when, since, although (conjunction + subj.)
manus -ūs m.: hand; band of men
sīc: in this manner, thus; sīc . . . ut: in the same way as
ūnus -a -um: one
