Harmonia
Inter dissimiles voces concordia maior
Quam similes: hominem vir mulierque facit.
HARMONY
Discording Concords best concur in Nature:
So man and woman generate a creature.
Discording Concords best concur in Nature:
So man and woman generate a creature.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are only three words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
concordia, f. - harmony, agreement
dissimilis, -e; -is - unlike, dissimilar
harmonia f. - agreement of sounds, harmony, concord
faciō facere fēcī factum: do, make
homo hominis m.: human being
inter: between, among; during (+ acc.)
māior -ius: greater, older; maiōres -um: ancestors
mulier -eris f.: woman
quam: how?; (after comparative) than
que (enclitic) - and
similis -e: like, similar
vir virī m.: man
vōx vōcis f.: voice, utterance

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