Gaude Potius
Ereptis opibus, noli maerere dolendo,
Sed gaude potius, tibi si contingat habere.
When wealth takes wings thou shouldst not then repine;
Rejoice the more that anything is thine.
(Chase)
When Robbed of wealth, in anguish sorrow not:
Rather rejoice in what falls to thy lot.
(Duff)
Rejoice the more that anything is thine.
(Chase)
When Robbed of wealth, in anguish sorrow not:
Rather rejoice in what falls to thy lot.
(Duff)
Source: The Distichs of Cato (4th century), 4.35, with English translations by Duff and Chase. Meter: Dactylic Hexameter.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There is only one word not on the list:
maereo, maerēre - grieve, be sad, bewail
doleo -ēre doluī: feel pain or grief, grieve
ēripio -ere -ripuī -reptum: snatch away, rescue, save
gaudeo -ēre gāvīsus sum: rejoice
habeo -ēre -uī habitum: have, hold
nōlo nōlle, nōluī: be unwilling
ops opis f.: assistance, resources
potis -e: powerful, able
sed: but
sī: if
tū tuī tibi tē: you (sing.)
