Dissimulas frustra : quis enim celaverit ignem?
Lumen ab indicio proditur usque suo.
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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:
cēlō, -āre - hide, conceal, keep secret
dissimulō, -āre - dissemble, disguise, keep secret
indicium, indiciī n. - evidence, sign, proof
ā ab abs: from, by (+abl.)
enim: for, indeed
frūstrā: in vain
īgnis -is m.: fire
lūmen luminis n.: light
prodō prodere prodidī proditum: publish, hand down; give over, betray
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
suus -a -um: his own, her own, its own
ūsque: up to; continuously