LESSON 10 (gerundive, indefinite)

 

Noun 1: gutta, fortunae, vita

Noun 2: faber

Noun 3: lapidem, mendacem, vi

Noun 4:

Noun 5:

Personal Pronoun: tibi

Emphatic Pronoun ipsa

Demonstrative Pronoun illis

Indefinite Pronoun quisque

Relative & Interrogative Pronoun quod, cui

 

Adjective 1,2: suae, malis, honestum, aliis

Adjective 3: duobus, gustibus, memorem, brevis, longior, omne

Preposition: de

 

Verb 1 : disputandum, cavat, peccare, peccat

Verb 2 :

Verb 3 : eligendum, cadendo, vivas

Verb 4:

Irregular verb : est, esse, fit, refert

Impersonal verb : oportet, licet

 

Adverb: minus, semper, non, saepe, quam, bene, diu

Conjunction: sed, si

 

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Maxim 71-80 (simple verb)

 

De duobus malis minus est semper eligendum.

One must always choose the lesser of two evils.

(Thomas a Kempis)

 

De gustibus non est disputandum.

That is a matter of taste.

(N/A)

 

Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo.

The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.

(Ovid, Ex Ponto)

 

Mendacem memorem esse oportet.

A liar needs a good memory.

(Quintilianus, De institutione oratoria)

 

Faber est suae quisque fortunae.

Every man is the artisan of his own fortune.

(Appius Claudius Caecus)

 

Brevis ipsa vita est sed malis fit longior.

Our life is short but is made longer by misfortunes.

(Publilius Syrus)

 

Aliis si licet, tibi non licet.

Even though it is permitted for others, it isn't permitted for you.

(Terence, Heautontimorumenos. Cf. quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi.)

 

Cui peccare licet peccat minus.

One who is allowed to sin, sins less.

(Ovid, Amores)

 

Non omne quod licet honestum est.

Not everything that is permitted is honest.

(Corpus Iuris Civilis: Digesta)

 

Quam bene vivas refert, non quam diu.

The important thing isn't how long you live, but how well you live.

(Seneca Philosophus, Epistulae)