Purpura Doctos Non Facit
Saepe vides doctum vili sub veste latere;
Purpura non doctos efficit ulla viros.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
purpura (purpurae, f.): purple, purple cloth
vīlis, -e (vīlis): worthless, cheap, common
doceō -ēre -uī doctum: teach
efficiō -ficere -fēcī -fectum: bring about, complete; render (+ ut + subj.)
faciō facere fēcī factum: do, make
lateō latēre latuī: lie hidden, be hidden
nōn: not
saepe: often
sub: under, close to (+acc. or abl.)
ūllus -a -um: any, anyone
vestis -is f.: garment, robe, clothing
videō vidēre vīdī vīsum: see
vir virī m.: man
