Senex Iuvenem Alloquitur
Est mea vita brevis, nec tempore longa futura est;
Est tua longa, brevi fiet et illa brevis.
THE OLD MAN SPEAKS TO THE YOUNG MAN
My Life is short, nor can long time import;
Thy Life seems long; but shortly will be short.
My Life is short, nor can long time import;
Thy Life seems long; but shortly will be short.
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:
alloquor, alloquī, allocūtus - speak to, address
brevis -e: short, shallow, brief; adv. breviter
et: and
fīo fierī factus sum: become
ille, illa, illud: that
iuvenis -is m.: youth
longus -a -um: long, far; longē, far, far off
meus -a -um: my
neque, nec: and not, nor; neque . . . neque, neither . . . nor
senex -is m.: old man, elder; senior, older
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
tempus -oris n.: time
tuus -a -um: your
vīta -ae f.: life
