Parentibus Pares
Dedecus est natis caros habuisse parentes,
Ni studeant illis moribus esse pares.
Source: Giuseppe Gatti, Sales Poetici, Proverbiales, et Iocosi (1703). Meter: Elegiac.
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:
dēdecus (dēdecoris, n.): disgrace, dishonor
cārus -a -um: dear
habeō habēre habuī habitum: have, hold
ille illa illud: that
mōs mōris m.: custom, habit; (pl.) character
nātūra -ae f.: nature
nisi/nī: if not, unless
pār paris: equal
parēns -ntis m./f.: parent
studeō -ēre -uī: be eager, be zealous, care for (+ dat.)
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
