Friday, July 20, 2012

Qui Legis, Errata Corrige


468     -     469     -     470


This is a poem from John Stradling's Epigrammatum Libri Quattuor, publishing in 1607. You can read the book online at Dana Sutton's website.

Qui Legis, Errata Corrige
Erratum est paucis; haec corrige pauca: legenti,
Crede mihi, liber hic sat tibi gratus erit.

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:

corrigō, corrigere: correct

crēdō crēdere crēdidī crēditum: believe
ego meī mihi mē: I, me
errō -āre: go astray, wander
grātus -a -um: pleasant; grateful
hic haec hoc: this; hōc: on this account
legō legere lēgī lēctum: gather, choose, read
liber librī m.: book
paucī -ae -a: few
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
tū tuī tibi tē: you (sing.)