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V. Our Schoolmaster.
§15.
| magister noster | our schoolmaster, teacher |
| vir doctus | a learned man |
| perītus lūdōrum | skilled in (lit. of) games |
| cārus (with Dat.) | dear (to) |
| dextra | right-hand |
| magistrī nostrī | our schoolmaster's |
| (dextra) valida | (a) strong (right hand) |
| puerī pigrī | lazy boys |
| nec...nec | neither...nor |
| magistrum amant | love the master |
| Sabidī | o Sabidius (see note below) |
| possum | I can, I am able |
| dīcere (3rd Conj.) | (to) say |
| quārē | why |
| hōc tantum | this only |
| quia | because |
| librōs amant | they love books |
| (librōs) Graecōs | Greek (books) |
| (librōs) Latinōs | Latin (books) |
| discipulus | pupil [disciple] |
| scholae nostrae | of our school |
| atque | and also |
| scientiae mathēmaticae | mathematical sciences |
| magistrō nostrō | to our master |
| librōrum pulchrōrum | of fine books |
| schola nostra | our school |
| (schola) clāra | (a) famous (school) |
| librīs | to books |
| in vīcō nostrō | in our village |
| lūdus litterārius | an elementary school (litterārius = where pupils are taught ‘litterae,’ cf. §11). ‘Schola’ means a more advanced kind of school |
| crēber puerīs[1] et puellīs | crowded (filled) with boys and girls |
| (crēber) līberīs | with children (Plural of the adjective līber, free: literally free ones, i.e. children of free-born parents) |
| cum Alexandrō | with Alexander |
| (cum) amicīs meīs | (with) my friends |
| ad Ventam Belgārum | at (or near) Winchester (Venta of the Belgae in Hampshire) |
The lines quoted above (from the poet Martial, about a Roman called Sabidius) are the original of the following English verses:
I do not like you, Dr. Fell;
The reason why I cannot tell.
But this one thing I know full well,
I do not like you, Dr. Fell.
- ↑ Note the Ablative without a Preposition, here meaning ‘with.’
