In Stupidum

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In Stupidum 
Doctus eris numquam, poteris sed doctus haberi. 
   Vis dicam, fiet qua ratione? Tace!

Source:  Bernardus Bauhusius (1575-1619), in Nihus (1642). 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:

stupidus, -a, -um: senseless, foolish, stupid

dīcō dīcere dīxī dictum: say; causam dicere, plead a case; diem dicere, appoint a day
doceō -ēre -uī doctum: teach
fīō fierī factus sum: become
habeō habēre habuī habitum: have, hold
in: in, on (+ abl.); into, onto (+ acc)
numquam: never
possum posse potuī: be able
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
ratio -ōnis f.: method, plan, reason
sed: but
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
taceō -ēre -uī -itum: be silent; tacitus -a -um, silent
volō velle voluī: wish, be willing

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De nato et passo Christo

This is from the enormous anthology of distich poetry assembled by Barthold Nihus, Epigrammata Disticha, published in 1642; the poem is by Bernardus Bauhusius.

O nati Christi bona nox! O lux mala passi!
Lux mala luce carens! nox bona nocte carens!

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:

Christus, m. - Christ

bonus -a -um: good
careō -ēre -uī: lack (+ abl.)
dē: down from, about, concerning (+ abl.)
et: and
lūx lūcis f.: light of day
malus -a -um: bad, evil; male: (adv.) badly
nāscor nāscī nātus sum: be born
nox noctis f.: night
patior patī passus sum: permit, endure

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Senex et Puer

This is from the enormous anthology of distich poetry assembled by Barthold Nihus, Epigrammata Disticha, published in 1642; the poem is by Bernardus Bauhusius.

Ne puerum mirare, senem ne sperne; tametsi
Saepe vir in puero est, in sene saepe puer.

The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are only two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:

spernō -ere, sprēvī, sprētum - scorn, reject, despise
tametsi - although, though

et: and
in: in, on (+ abl.); into, onto (+ acc)
mīror mīrārī mīrātus sum: wonder at, marvel at (+ acc.)
nē: lest, that not
puer puerī m.: boy; slave
saepe: often
senex -is m.: old man, elder; senior, older
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
vir virī m.: man

(Tomhu Huron Roberts)