Cur Tu Praeponeris Mihi?

This poem comes from the Emblemata amatoria (1611) of Pieter Cornelisz Hooft (1581-1626). You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Cur Tu Praeponeris Mihi?
Haec rosa, et illa rosa est: placet haec, neque carpitur illa.
Non pariter meritis fit bene cuique suis.


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 (also, note the adverbial form of par: pariter).

carpō, -ere, carpsī, captum - pick, pluck, snatch
praepōnō -ere, praeposuī, praepositum - place in front, prefer
rosa f. - rose

bene: well
cūr: why?
ego meī mihi mē: I, me
et: and
fīō fierī factus sum: become
hic haec hoc: this; hōc: on this account
ille illa illud: that
mereō merēre meruī meritum: deserve, merit; serve as a soldier
neque nec: and not, nor; neque . . . neque, neither . . . nor
nōn: not
pār paris: equal
placeō placēre placuī placitum: please
quis- quae- quidque: each one, everyone
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
suus -a -um: his own, her own, its own
tū tuī tibi tē: you (sing.)

Acceptam Fero Lucem

This poem comes from the Emblemata amatoria (1611) of Pieter Cornelisz Hooft (1581-1626). You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Acceptam Fero Lucem
Purum a fratre capit glacialis Luna colorem,
Ac Dominae color est vivus in ore meo.


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:

glaciālis, glaciāle; glaciālis - icy, frozen, full of ice
pūrus -a -um - pure, clean, blameless
vīvus -a -um - living, alive

ā ab abs: from, by (+abl.)
accipiō -cipere -cēpī -ceptum: receive
atque, ac: and in addition, and also, and; (after comparatives) than; simul atque, as soon as
capiō capere cēpī captum: seize
color -ōris m.: color
dominus -ī m.; domina -ae f.: household master, lord; mistress
ferō ferre tulī lātum: bear, carry
frāter frātris m.: brother
in: in, on (+ abl.); into, onto (+ acc)
lūna -ae f.: moon
lūx lūcis f.: light of day
meus -a -um: my
ōs ōris n.: mouth, face
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist

Cetera Splendida Reddens

This poem comes from the Emblemata amatoria (1611) of Pieter Cornelisz Hooft (1581-1626). You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Cetera Splendida Reddens
In speculum Sol effusus solet inde refundi.
Aureus, in cuius lux cadit ista caput.


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:

refundō, -ere, refūdī, refūsum - pour back, cause to overflow, fling back
speculum, speculī n. - looking-glass, mirror
splendidus -a -um - bright, shining, brilliant

aureus -a -um: golden; splendid
cadō cadere cecidī cāsum: fall, be killed
caput capitis n.: head
cēterus -a -um: the others, the rest; adv. cēterum: for the rest, in addition, however, that may be
effundō -fundere -fūdī -fūsum: pour out
in: in, on (+ abl.); into, onto (+ acc)
inde: from there, from then
iste ista istud: that, that of yours; adv. istīc or istūc: over there; istinc: from over there
lūx lūcis f.: light of day
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
reddō -dere -didī -ditum: return, give back
sōl sōlis m.: sun
soleō -ēre -uī -itum: be accustomed

Irrevocabile

This poem comes from the Emblemata amatoria (1611) of Pieter Cornelisz Hooft (1581-1626). You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Irrevocabile
Protinus intrabis, si tangas limen Amoris;
Pertinet ad scopulum missa sagitta suum.

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:

irrevocābilis, irrevocābile; irrevocābilis - irrevocable
sagitta, f. - arrow
scopulus (scopulī, m.): dim. of scopus, target, goal

ad: to, up to, towards (+acc.)
amor -ōris m.: love
intrō -āre: enter
līmen līminis n.: threshold
mittō mittere mīsī missum: send, let go
pertineō -tinēre -tinuī: tend to, refer to, pertain to, be the business of
prōtinus: at once, forthwith
sī: if
suus -a -um: his own, her own, its own
tangō tangere tetigī tāctum: touch

Meae Spiritus Vitae

This poem comes from the Emblemata amatoria (1611) of Pieter Cornelisz Hooft (1581-1626). You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Meae Spiritus Vitae
Fortius arsuras animant, en, flamina flammas.
Quo vivo, Vitae spiritus ille meae est.


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:

animō, -āre - fill with breath, animate, enliven
ēn, interjection - look! behold!
flāmen, flāminis m. - blast of wind, blowing, gale

ārdeo ārdēre ārsī ārsum: blaze, glow; be eager
flamma -ae f.: flame, fire
fortis -e: brave
ille illa illud: that
meus -a -um: my
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
spīritus -ūs m.: breath, life, spirit
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist
vīta -ae f.: life
vīvō vīvere vīxī victum: live

Fero Non Frangor

This poem comes from the Emblemata amatoria (1611) of Pieter Cornelisz Hooft (1581-1626). You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Fero Non Frangor
Arcus ego facilis flecti non frangor Amoris:
Non me, qui curvat, rumpere parvus amat.


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:

arcus, arcūs m. - bow, rainbow
curvo, -āre - bow, bend, curve
flectō -ere, flexi, flexum - bend, curve, turn

amō -āre: to love; amans -ntis m./f.: lover
amor -ōris m.: love
ego meī mihi mē: I, me
facilis -e: easy
ferō ferre tulī lātum: bear, carry
frangō frangere frēgī frāctum: break, shatter
nōn: not
parvus -a -um: small
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
rumpō rumpere rūpī ruptum: break, rupture

Uni Pareo

This poem comes from the Emblemata amatoria (1611) of Pieter Cornelisz Hooft (1581-1626). You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Uni Pareo
Una uni serulae clavis respondet; et uni
Arcano similis convenit una mihi.


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:

arcānus -a -um - closed, hidden, secret
clāvis, clāvis f. - key, lever
serula, f. - a little bar, bolt

conveniō -venīre -vēnī -ventum: assemble, meet; agree
ego meī mihi mē: I, me
et: and
pāreō parēre pāruī: obey
respondeō -spondēre -spondī -spōnsum: answer
similis -e: like, similar
ūnus -a -um: one

Dum Colo Feminam, Hoc Fio

This is a distich from Daniël Heinsius' emblem collection entitled Ambacht van Cupido published in 1613. You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Dum Colo Feminam, Hoc Fio
Non ego turpe putem deducere mollia fila:
Vidimus Herculeas pensa decere manus.


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:

fīlum, fīlī n. - thread
Herculeus -a -um - Herculean, belonging to Hercules
pensum, pensī n. - weight, task, duty

colō colere coluī cultum: inhabit, cultivate
decet decēre decuīt: it becomes, it behooves (+ acc. of person, or infinitive)
dēdūcō -dūcere -dūxī -ductum: launch, lead away
dum: while (+ indic.); until (+ subj.); provided that (+ subj.)
ego meī mihi mē: I, me
fēmina -ae f.: woman
fīō fierī factus sum: become
hic haec hoc: this; hōc: on this account
manus -ūs m.: hand; band of men
mollis -e: soft, yielding, gentle
nōn: not
putō -āre: think, suppose
turpis -e: ugly, unsightly; disgraceful
videō vidēre vīdī vīsum: see

Dissimulas frustra

This is a distich from Daniël Heinsius' emblem collection entitled Ambacht van Cupido published in 1613. You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Dissimulas frustra : quis enim celaverit ignem?
Lumen ab indicio proditur usque suo.


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

Amoris Domitrix Invidia

This is a distich from Daniël Heinsius' emblem collection entitled Ambacht van Cupido published in 1613. You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Amoris Domitrix Invidia
Si sapis, Invidiae nunquam pugnabis, Amator:
Invidiae, vincens omnia, cedit Amor.


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:

amātor, amātōris m. - lover, friend
domitrix, domitrīcis f. - she who tames, she who subdues
sapiō sapere sapīvī: be wise

amor -ōris m.: love
cēdō cēdere cessī cessum: yield
invidia -ae f.: envy, jealousy, hatred
numquam: never
omnis -e: all, every, as a whole
pūgno -āre: fight
sī: if
vincō vincere vīcī victum: conquer

Culices

This is a distich from Daniël Heinsius' emblem collection entitled Quaeris quid sit amor? (sometimes also titled: Emblemata amatoria) published c. 1601. You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Lumina delectant culices, perimuntque petita:
Sic nobis spes est optima causa mali.


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:

culex, culicis - gnat
dēlectō, -āre - delight, charm, please
perimō, -ere, perēmī, peremptum - kill, destroy

causa -ae f.: cause, reason
lūmen luminis n.: light
malus -a -um: bad, evil; male: (adv.) badly
nōs nostrum/nostrī nobis nōs: we
optimus -a -um: best, excellent; adv. optimē
petō petere petīvī petītum: seek, aim at
que (enclitic) - and
sīc: in this manner, thus; sīc . . . ut: in the same way as
spēs speī f.: hope
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist

Omnia Vincit Amor

This is a distich from Daniël Heinsius' emblem collection entitled Quaeris quid sit amor? (sometimes also titled: Emblemata amatoria) published c. 1601. You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Omnia Vincit Amor
Vidi ego qui durum possit frenare leonem;
Vidi qui solus corda domaret: Amor.


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:

domō -āre, domuī, domitum - tame, subdue, master
frēnō, -āre - bridle, restrain, curb
leo -ōnis m./f.: lion

amor -ōris m.: love
cor cordis n.: heart; cordī est, it is pleasing to (+ dat.)
dūrus -a -um: hard, tough, harsh
ego meī mihi mē: I, me
omnis -e: all, every, as a whole
possum posse potuī: be able
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
sōlus -a -um: only, alone; sōlum (adv.), only, merely
videō vidēre vīdī vīsum: see
vincō vincere vīcī victum: conquer

Sero Detrectat Onus Qui Subiit

This is a distich from Daniël Heinsius' emblem collection entitled Quaeris quid sit amor? (sometimes also titled: Emblemata amatoria) published c. 1601. You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Sero Detrectat Onus Qui Subiit
Frustra tento oneri me iam subducere: frustra
Iam iuga detrectant, quae subiere boves.


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:

dētrectō, - āre - decline, reject, refuse
sērus -a -um - late, too late, slow; adv. sero
subdūcō, -ere, subdūxī, suductum - lift up, raise, remove

bōs bovis m.: ox; gen. pl. boum
ego meī mihi mē: I, me
frūstrā: in vain
iam: now; already
iugum -ī n.: yoke; ridge, chain of hills
onus oneris n.: load, burden
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
subeō -īre -iī -itum: go under; endure
tentō -āre: try, test

Dissimulas Frustra

This is a distich from Daniël Heinsius' emblem collection entitled Quaeris quid sit amor? (sometimes also titled: Emblemata amatoria) published c. 1601. You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Dissimulas frustra: quis enim celaverit ignem?
Lumen ab indicio proditur usque suo.


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:

cēlo, -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

Summa Dies

This is a distich from Daniël Heinsius' emblem collection entitled Quaeris quid sit amor? (sometimes also titled: Emblemata amatoria) published c. 1601. You can find the book online at the Emblem Project Utrecht.

Nec platani lethum vitem, nec tollet amorem
Nostrum, quae tollit cetera, summa dies.


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:

lētum, lētī n. - death (sometimes written lethum)
platanus, platanī m. - plane tree
vītis, vītis f. - vine, grapevine

amor -ōris m.: love
cēterus -a -um: the others, the rest; adv. cēterum: for the rest, in addition, however, that may be
diēs diēī m./f.: day
neque nec: and not, nor; neque . . . neque, neither . . . nor
noster nostra nostrum: our
qui quae quod: who, which, what / quis quid: who? what? which?
summus -a -um: highest, farthest, last
tollō tollere sustulī sublātum: raise up, destroy

Nulla Dies Sine Linea

This little poem comes from the distichs of Publius Faustus Andrelinus (c. 1460-1518). You can find his hecatodistichon, his "hundred distichs," at Google Books.

Nulla Dies Sine Linea
Nulla dies abeat quin linea ducta supersit;
Non decet ignavum praeteriisse diem.


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:

ignāvus -a -um - lazy, idle, useless
līnea f. - line
praetereō -īre -iī -itum: pass, pass over

abeō -īre -iī -itum: go away
decet decēre decuīt: it becomes, it behooves (+ acc. of person, or infinitive)
diēs diēī m./f.: day
dūcō dūcere dūxī ductum: lead; uxōrem dūcere, marry
nōn: not
nūllus -a -um: not any, no one
quīn: (adv.) indeed, in fact; (conjunction) so that . . . not (+ subj.)
sine: without (+ abl.)
supersum -esse -fuī: be above; remain, survive

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Dives divitias non congregat...

This rhyming distich comes from the Florilegium Gottingense edited by Voigt.

Dives divitias non congregat absque labore,
Non tenet absque metu, non deserit absque dolore.

The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are three words which are not on the DCC list:

absque - without, apart from, away from
congrego -āre - collect, assemble, bring together
dīvitiae, dīvitiārum - riches, wealth

dēsero -ere dēseruī dēsertum: leave, desert, abandon
dīves, dīvitis: rich (poet. dīs, dītis)
dolor -ōris m.: pain, grief
labor -ōris m.: toil, exertion
metus -ūs m.: fear, dread
nōn: not
teneo -ēre -uī tentum: hold

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Senecta

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Senecta
Donec abest, omnis populus petit ore senectam;
   Praesentem merito nullus honore colit.

Source: Johann Glandorp (1501-1564), Disticha, 272. Meter: Elegiac.

The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There is only one word not on the list:

senecta (senectae, f.): old age (= senecta aetas)

absum abesse afuī: be away, absent
colō colere coluī cultum: inhabit, cultivate
dōnec: until
honor -ōris m.: honor, glory; office, post
mereō merēre meruī meritum: deserve, merit; serve as a soldier
nūllus -a -um: not any, no one
omnis -e: all, every, as a whole
ōs ōris n.: mouth, face
petō petere petīvī petītum: seek, aim at
populus -ī m.: people
praesēns -ntis: present, in person, ready
sum, esse, fuī: be, exist

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Georgica Virgilii

Here is another distich by John Owen, with an English translation by Thomas Harvey, 2.157. It is an homage to Vergil's poem about farmers and farming, The Georgics.

Georgica Virgilii
Carmina de terris scribis, Maro, culta colendis;
Tu lectoris agros ingeniumque colis.

Thou, Maro, writ’st rich Verse of Husbandry,
And doth manure the Readers wit thereby.

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, plus one proper name:

Georgica - Georgics (poem by Vergil)
lector, lectōris m. - reader
Maro - Publius Vergilius Maro, Virgil
Vergilius - Vergil (Virgil)
ager agrī m.: field
carmen -inis n.: song
colo colere coluī cultum: inhabit, cultivate
dē: down from, about, concerning (+ abl.)
ingenium -ī n.: disposition, ability, talent
que: and (enclitic)
scrībo -ere scrīpsī scrīptum: write
terra -ae f.: land
tū tuī tibi tē: you (sing.)

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In Se Sua Per Vestigia Volvitur

Here is today's emblem and distich by Gabriel Rollenhagen, Book 2.23, with an English rendering by George Wither. You can see the ouroboros swallowing itself and you can see the word for "anniversary," the cycle of a year, written in Greek: ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ.

In Se Sua Per Vestigia Volvitur
Sic in se, sua per vestigia, volvitur annus,
Motibus aeternis tempora continuans.

Through many spaces, Time doth run
And, endeth, where it first begun.

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:

continuō, -āre - connect, unite, join, make continuous
mōtus, mōtūs m. - moving, motion, movement
volvō, -ere, volvī, volūtum - roll, turn around, revolve

aeternus -a -um: everlasting, eternal
annus -ī m.: year
in: in, on (+ abl.); into, onto (+ acc)
per: through (+acc.)
sīc: in this manner, thus; sīc . . . ut: in the same way as
sui, sibi, sē: him- her- itself
suus -a -um: his own, her own, its own
tempus -oris n.: time
vēstīgium -ī n.: footstep, footprint, track