Quare Dat Deus?

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This is from Hans Walther and Paul Gerhard Schmidt's Proverbia Sententiaeque Latinitatis Medii Aevi (1963-1986) - not available online, unfortunately.

Quare Dat Deus?
Dat deus ut detur; nil actio nostra meretur:
Si das, ipse dabit; si non das, ipse negabit.

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:

actio (actiōnis, f.): doing, action, act

deus -ī m.; dea -ae f. god; goddess
dō dare dedī datum: give
ipse ipsa ipsum: him- her- itself
mereō merēre meruī meritum: deserve, merit; serve as a soldier
negō -āre: deny, refuse
nihil, nīl: nothing; not at all
nōn: not
noster nostra nostrum: our
quārē: how? why?
sī: if
ut, uti: as (+ indic.); so that, with the result that (+ subj.)

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Qui Dat, Commendatur

This is from Hans Walther and Paul Gerhard Schmidt's Proverbia Sententiaeque Latinitatis Medii Aevi (1963-1986) - not available online, unfortunately.

Qui Dat, Commendatur
Danti saepe datur, nil danti saepe negatur;
Dans commendatur, sed nil dans vituperatur.

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

commendō, commendāre: entrust, commend
vituperō, vituperāre: blame, disparage, find fault

dō dare dedī datum: give
negō -āre: deny, refuse
nihil, nīl: nothing; not at all
saepe: often

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Cito Dare Melius

This is from Hans Walther and Paul Gerhard Schmidt's Proverbia Sententiaeque Latinitatis Medii Aevi (1963-1986) - not available online, unfortunately.

Cito Dare Melius
Dandi tolle moras: dando cito, munus honoras;
Munus dedecoras, inveniendo moras.

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

dēdecorō, dēdecorāre: disgrace, dishonor
honorō, honorāre: respect, honor

cītus -a -um: swift; citō swiftly
dō dare dedī datum: give
inveniō -venīre -vēnī -ventum: find; discover
melior -ius: better
mora -ae f.: delay, hindrance
mūnus mūneris n.: gift, offering
tollō tollere sustulī sublātum: raise up, destroy

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