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Capitulum XXXIV

Dē arte poēticā

  • Quantity: a syllable is short or long
  • Linking and elision make the line sound like one chain
  • Trochee, iamb, dactyl and spondee: four basic rhythms
  • Hexameter, pentameter and hendecasyllable

88 words

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Words seen

  • scalpellum scalpel
  • opera work, care
  • lūdus game, school
  • certāmen contest, struggle
  • gladiātor gladiator
  • rēte net
  • spectātor spectator
  • palma palm, victory
  • circus circus
  • aurīga charioteer
  • theātrum theatre
  • cōmoedia comedy
  • ingenium talent, character
  • ratiō reason, method
  • prīncipium beginning
  • fātum fate
  • gremium lap
  • tenebrae darkness
  • lucerna lamp
  • passer sparrow
  • dēliciae delight, darling
  • ocellus little eye
  • mēns mind
  • bāsium kiss
  • odium hatred
  • rīsus laughter
  • cachinnus guffaw
  • arānea spider
  • epigramma epigram
  • sinus fold, bosom
  • versiculus little verse
  • anus old woman
  • testis witness
  • opēs wealth
  • diphthongus diphthong
  • nota mark, sign
  • trochaeus trochee
  • iambus iamb
  • dactylus dactyl
  • spondēus spondee
  • hexameter hexameter
  • pentameter pentameter
  • hendecasyllabus hendecasyllable
  • turgidus swollen
  • misellus wretched
  • gladiātōrius gladiatorial
  • circēnsis circus
  • scaenicus theatrical
  • ācer keen, sharp
  • geminus twin, double
  • bellus pretty
  • poēticus poetic
  • venustus charming
  • mellītus honeyed
  • tenebricōsus gloomy
  • ultimus last
  • perpetuus perpetual
  • dubius doubtful
  • iocōsus witty
  • sērius serious
  • niveus snowy, white
  • certō compete, contend
  • laedō hurt
  • implicō entwine, entangle
  • plaudō applaud
  • libet please
  • faveō favour
  • lūgeō mourn
  • accendō kindle
  • circumsiliō leap around
  • pīpiō chirp
  • dēvorō devour
  • conturbō confuse
  • nūbō marry
  • affirmō affirm
  • requīrō seek, ask
  • excruciō torment
  • ōscitō yawn
  • sapiō taste, be wise
  • ērubēscō blush
  • prōsiliō spring forth
  • ēlīdō elide, drive out
  • libenter willingly
  • plērumque usually
  • interdum sometimes
  • dummodo provided that
  • dein then
  • nīl nothing

Sentences seen

  • Medicus scalpellum tenet.

    The doctor holds a scalpel.

  • Opera difficilis est.

    The work is difficult.

  • Vir palmam tenet.

    The man holds a palm branch.

  • Circus magnus est.

    The circus is large.

  • Prīncipium bonum est.

    The beginning is good.

  • Fātum nōn certum est.

    Fate is not certain.

  • Fātum dubium est.

    Fate is uncertain

  • Ocellus ruber est.

    The little eye is red.

  • Mēns nōn certa est.

    The mind is not certain.

  • Epigramma breve est.

    The epigram is short.

  • Sinus litteram celat.

    The fold hides the letter.

  • Nota syllabam longam significat.

    The mark indicates a long syllable.

  • Oculus turgidus est.

    The eye is swollen.

  • Frātrēs geminī sunt.

    The brothers are twins.

  • Carmen bellum est.

    The poem is pretty.

  • Amor perpetuus est.

    Love is everlasting.

  • Respōnsum dubium est.

    The answer is uncertain.

  • Arānea fīlum implicat.

    The spider entwines the thread.

  • Vir poētae plaudit.

    The man applauds the poet.

  • Passer pīpiat.

    The sparrow chirps.

  • Lupus ovem dēvorat.

    The wolf devours the sheep.

  • Puer ōscitat.

    The boy yawns.

  • Vir sapit.

    The man has good judgement.

  • Interdum pluit.

    Sometimes it rains.

  • Venīte dummodo taceātis.

    Come, provided that you are silent.

  • Spondēus duās syllabās longās habet.

    The spondee has two long syllables.

  • Hexameter sex pedēs habet.

    The hexameter has six feet.
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