De Amicitia

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De Amicitia
Perfacile est quiddam, nomen si quaeris, amicus,
At si rem placeat quaerere, difficile.

Source: Raimondo Cunich (1784), Anthologia Graecorum. Meter: Elegiac. This poem is based on the contrast between just the word friend, nomen, and real friendship, the thing itself, res.

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:

perfacilis, -e (perfacilis): very easy

amīcitia -ae f.: friendship
amīcus -a -um: friendly; (as subst.) friend
at: but, but yet
dē: down from, about, concerning (+ abl.)
difficilis -e: not easy, hard, difficult
nōmen -inis n.: name
placeō placēre placuī placitum: please
quaerō -rere -sīvī-situm: seek, inquire
quī- quae- quoddam: a certain one, someone
rēs reī f.: thing (rēs pūblica, commonwealth; rēs familiāris, family property, estate; rēs mīlitāris, art of war; rēs novae, revolution)
sī: if
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist

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Genus Lacrimabile

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This is a poem attributed to Palladas from the Greek Anthology, rendered into Latin by Raimondo Cunich; you can read his Epigrammata Anthologiae Graecorum online.

Genus Lacrimabile
O homines, vanum genus et lacrimabile, discens
Vivere tum, vitae cum prope finis adest!

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:

lacrimābilis, -e (lacrimābilis): worthy of tears, lamentable

adsum adesse affuī: be present
cum: with (prep. + abl.); when, since, although (conjunction + subj.)
discō -ere didicī: learn
et: and
fīnis -is m.: end, boundary
genus generis n.: origin, lineage, kind
homo hominis m.: human being
prope: near, next; (comp.) propior, (superl.) proximus; (adv.) propē, nearly, almost
tum or tunc: then
vanus -a -um: empty; false, deceitful
vīta -ae f.: life
vīvō vīvere vīxī victum: live

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Sappho

This is a poem from the Greek Anthology rendered into Latin by Raimondo Cunich; you can read his Epigrammata Anthologiae Graecorum online. The poem is in honor of the great Greek poet, Saphho, whom you can read about at Wikipedia.

Sappho
Ossa quidem et nomen Saphhus habet urna: puella
Quae sapiens cecinit, carmina morte carent.

The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:

Sapphō (Sapphūs, f.): Sappho, Greek poetess
urna (urnae, f.): urn, funeral urn

canō canere cecinī cantum: sing
careō -ēre -uī: lack (+ abl.)
carmen -inis n.: song
et: and
habeō habēre habuī habitum: have, hold
mors mortis f.: death
nōmen -inis n.: name
ōs ossis n.: bone
puella -ae f.: girl; girl-friend
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
quidem: certainly, at least
sapiens -ntis.: wise man

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In Pigrum

This is a poem from the Greek Anthology rendered into Latin by Raimondo Cunich; you can read his Epigrammata Anthologiae Graecorum online.

In Pigrum
Quod piger in somno est sibi visus currere Marcus,
Somnum odit, rursus currere ne incipiat.

The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:

Marcus (Marcī, m.): Marcus, Mark
piger, pigra, pigrum: lazy, slow, dull

currō currere cucurrī cursum: run
in: in, on (+ abl.); into, onto (+ acc)
incipiō -cipere -cēpī -ceptum: begin
nē: lest, that not
ōdī ōdisse: hate
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
rūrsus: back, again
somnus -ī m.: sleep, slumber; (pl.) dreams
sui, sibi, sē: him- her- itself
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
videō vidēre vīdī vīsum: see

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Deorum Pater et Amor

This is a poem from the Greek Anthology rendered into Latin by Raimondo Cunich; you can read his Epigrammata Anthologiae Graecorum online. The reference to the swan alludes to the way Jupiter seduced Leda while disguised as a swan.

Deorum Pater et Amor
"Tela adimam tibi cuncta," Deum Pater inquit Amori;
"Quid si iterum cycnum te faciam?" inquit Amor.

The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:

adimoō adimere: take away, deprive, snatch
cȳcnus (cȳcnī, m.): swan

amor -ōris m.: love
cūnctus -a -um: entire all together
deus -ī m.; dea -ae f. god; goddess
et: and
faciō facere fēcī factum: do, make
inquam: say (used with direct speech)
iterum: again
pater patris m.: father, ancestor
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
sī: if
tēlum -ī n.: missile, weapon, spear
tū tuī tibi tē: you (sing.)

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