DIALOGUS QUĪNTUS dē scholā │ FIFTH DIALOGUE concerning the school
A: Quid est
schola? │ What is a
school?
B: Conventus
honestissimus. │ A very honourable meeting.
Officīna hominum. │
A workshop of men.
Quō eunt bēluae. │
(And) beasts / brutes go there.
Redeunt hominēs. │
Men return.
A: Quid agitur in
mūseō? │ What is done / happens in a school?
B: Lūdīmagister
docet. │ The schoolmaster teaches …
dīligenter │
diligently (carefully)
sēdulō │ purposely
(busily; zealously)
fidēliter │
faithfully (honestly)
sine intermissiōne.
│ without a break.
A: Quid tandem
docet? │ What does he teach, then?
B: Prīmum
pietātem. │ First of all, piety.
Deinde bonōs
mōrēs. │ Then good morals.
Postrēmō bonās
litterās. │ Finally good learning (scholarship).
Discipulī vērō
dīligenter auscultant. │ But
the pupils diligently listen.
Et discunt avidē
... │ And they eagerly learn …
colligere litterās │ to spell [= literally: to
pick up letters]
legere │ to read
scrībere │ to
write
loquī latīne │ to
speak in Latin
canere │ to sing
tacēre │ to be
quiet
obēdīre [also: oboedīre]
│ to obey
recitāre │ to
recite
repetere │ to
repeat; recall
rūmināre │ to
‘chew over’; think over
respondēre │ to reply
interrogāre │ to
ask
A: Bene est. │ That’s good.
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