Amare ut Amicus Sis

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Amare ut Amicus Sis
Omnis amicus amat, sed non qui amat omnis amicus;
Si quem, Basse, tu amas, esto et amicus ei.

Source: Godfrey of Winchester (c.1050-1107), Epigrammata, 55. Meter: Elegiac. Note the use of the future imperative, esto, and the adverbial et in the second line: esto et, "also be!"

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:

Bassus (Bassī, m.): Bassus

aliquis -quae -quod: some, any; si quis, si quid: anyone who, anything that
amīcus -a -um: friendly; (as subst.) friend
amō -āre: to love; amans -ntis m./f.: lover
et: and
is ea id: he, she, it
nōn: not
omnis -e: all, every, as a whole
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
sed: but
sī: if
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
tū tuī tibi tē: you (sing.)
ut, uti: as (+ indic.); so that, with the result that (+ subj.)

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Virtuti Modus Adhibendus

This poem is by the 12th-century poet Godfrey of Winchester:

Virtuti Modus Adhibendus
Virtutis studio nimius, Crysippe, videris,
Virtus absque modo nomen habet vitii.

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

absque: without, apart from, away from
Crȳsippus (Crȳsippī, m.): Crysippus

adhibeō -hibēre -hibuī -hibitum: apply
habeō habēre habuī habitum: have, hold
modus -ī m.: measure, manner, kind
nimius -a -um: too much, excessive; nimis or nimium: excessively
nōmen -inis n.: name
studium -ī n.: eagerness, zeal
videō vidēre vīdī vīsum: see
virtūs -ūtis f.: valor, manliness, virtue
vitium -ī n.: flaw, fault, crime

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Dulcia Quae Nocent

This poem is by the 12th-century poet Godfrey of Winchester:

Dulcia Quae Nocent
Mella, cibus dulcis, sunt saepe nocentia multis;
Divitiae dulces pluribus, Alle, graves.

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

Allus (Allī, m.): Allus
mel (mellis, n.): honey

cibus -i m.: food
dīvitiae -ārum f. pl.: riches, wealth
dulcis -e: sweet
gravis -e: heavy
multus -a -um: much, many; multō, by far
noceō nocēre nocuī: harm
plūs plūris n.: a greater amount or number, more
saepe: often
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist

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Neque Decipere Neque Decipi

This poem is by the 12th-century poet Godfrey of Winchester:

Neque Decipere Neque Decipi
Nullum decipias, non decipiaris ab ullo;
Fallere vel falli, Pirame, par vitium est.

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

dēcipiō, dēcipere: trick, trap, deceive
Pīramus (Pīramī, m.): Piramus

ā ab abs: from, by (+abl.)
fallō fallere fefellī falsum: deceive
neque nec: and not, nor; neque . . . neque, neither . . . nor
nōn: not
nūllus -a -um: not any, no one
pār paris: equal
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
ūllus -a -um: any, anyone
vel: or else, or; even; vel . . . vel: either… or
vitium -ī n.: flaw, fault, crime

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Datum Non Repetere

This poem is by the 12th-century poet Godfrey of Winchester:

Datum Non Repetere
Multa mihi donas; vereor ne multa requiras:
Nolo mihi dones, Aulice, si repetas.

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

Aulicus (Aulicī, m.): Aulicus
requīrō, requīrere: seek again, demand

dō dare dedī datum: give
dōnō -āre: present with a gift (+ acc. of person and abl. of thing)
ego meī mihi mē: I, me
multus -a -um: much, many; multō, by far
nē: lest, that not
nōlō nōlle nōluī: be unwilling
nōn: not
repetō -petere -petīvī -petītum: demand, exact; revisit; call to mind, recollect; repeat
sī: if
vereor verērī veritus sum: fear, stand in awe of

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