Quae Nocent, Docent
Passi damna viri sapiunt; sapientia damno
Crescit et augetur: quae nocuere, docent.
Source: Anton Moker (1540-1605), Decalogus Metricus. Meter: Elegiac.
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:
Men grow wise (viri sapiunt) after they suffer injuries (passi damna); by means of injury (damno) wisdom grows and expands (sapientia crescit et augetur): those things which harm (quae nocuere), teach (docent).
sapiō, sapere: savor, be wise, understand
augeō augēre auxī auctum: increase
crēscō crēscere crēvī crētum: grow, increase
damnum -ī n.: damage, injury
doceō -ēre -uī doctum: teach
et: and
noceō nocēre nocuī: harm
patior patī passus sum: permit, endure
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
sapientia -ae f.: wisdom
vir virī m.: man
