Victoria Animi

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Victoria Animi
Quod si magnificae deerunt tibi munera famae,
   Vincere disce animum; tu quoque magnus eris.

Source: Benedictus Iovius (1471-1545), Epigrammata. 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:

magnificus, -a, -um: great, noble, splendid

animus -ī m.: spirit, mind
dēsum -esse -fuī: be lacking
disco -ere didicī: learn
fāma -ae f.: rumor, fame
māgnus -a -um great
mūnus mūneris n.: gift, offering
qui, quae, quod: who, which, what; quis quid: who? what? which?
quoque: also, too
sī: if
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
tū tuī tibi tē: you (sing.)
victōria -ae f.: victory
vinco vincere vīcī victum: conquer

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Praemium et Poena

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Praemium et Poena
Virtutis sectanda via est, vitiumque fugandum:
Praemia digna bonis, poena parata malis.

Source: Benedictus Iovius (1471-1545), Epigrammata. Meter: Elegiac. Note the parallel construction in the second line: praemia digna (parata) bonis, poena parata malis.

The way of virtue (virtutis via) is to be followed (sectanda est), and vice should be fled (vitiumque fugandum): worthy prizes (praemia digna) are prepared for the good (bonis parata), and punishment for the wicked (poena malis).

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:

sector, sectārī: follow eagerly, chase, pursue

bonus -a -um: good
dīgnus -a -um: worthy
et: and
fugo -āre: put to flight
malus -a -um: evil
paro -āre: prepare, acquire; parātus -a -um, ready
poena -ae f.: penalty, punishment
praemium -iī n.: bounty, reward
que: and (enclitic)
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
via -ae f.: way, street
virtūs -ūtis f.: valor, manliness, virtue
vitium -ī n.: flaw, fault, crime

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Quid superest morti...

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This is a poem by Benedictus Iovius (Benedetto Giovio, 1471-1545), which I found in the Sacra et satyrica epigrammata edited by Luigi Bigi Pittorius, published in 1518.

Quid superest morti? Gestorum gloria fatum
Nescit, et haec cineri postumat una suo.

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:

postumo, -āre - to come after, come later, be a descendant

cinis cineris m./f.: ashes, embers
et: and
fāma -ae f.: rumor, fame
fātum -ī n.: fate
gero gerere gessī gestum: bear, manage; bellum gerere, wage war
glōria -ae f.: glory, fame
hic, haec, hoc: this; hōc, on this account
mors mortis f.: death
nescio -scīre: not know, be ignorant
qui, quae, quod: who, which, what; quis quid: who? what? which?
supersum -esse -fuī: be above; remain, survive
suus -a -um: his own, her own, its own
ūnus -a -um: one

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Amor

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Amor
Dic mihi, quid sit amor? Pessum quo cuncta feruntur,
Pondus amor meus est; nil nisi pondus amor.

Source: Benedictus Iovius (1471-1545), Epigrammata. Meter: Elegiac. Note that the referent of the relative pronoun quo comes in the second line: [pondus] quo cuncta pessum feruntur.

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:

pessum: down, downwards, to the bottom

amor -ōris m.: love
cūnctus -a -um: entire all together
dīco dīcere dīxī dictum: say; causam dicere, plead a case; diem dicere, appoint a day
ego me mihi mē: I, me
fero ferre tulī lātum: bear, carry
meus -a -um: my
nihil, nīl: nothing; not at all
nisi/nī: if not, unless
pondus poderis n.: weight
qui, quae, quod: who, which, what; quis quid: who? what? which?
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist

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Iudicium Non Fugiendum

This is a poem by Benedictus Iovius (Benedetto Giovio, 1471-1545), which I found in the Sacra et satyrica epigrammata edited by Luigi Bigi Pittorius, published in 1518.

Iudicium Non Fugiendum
Iudicis examen fugerunt saepe scelesti,
Defuit at numquam pectore iudicium.

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

exāmen (exāminis, n.): weighing, examination
scelestus, -a, -um: wicked, criminal

at: but, but yet
dēsum -esse -fuī: be lacking
fugiō fugere fūgī fugitum: flee, escape
iūdex iūdicis m.: judge, juror
iūdicium -ī n.: judgement, decision, trial
numquam: never
pectus -oris n.: chest, breast
saepe: often

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