Ferramenta tonsoria
Tondendīs haec arma tibi sunt apta capillīs;
unguibus hic longīs utilis, illa genīs.
aptus + dat.
Classical and Medieval Latin examples for learners
Ferramenta tonsoria
Tondendīs haec arma tibi sunt apta capillīs;
unguibus hic longīs utilis, illa genīs.
aptus + dat.
Sextus mittitur hic tibi libellus,
inprīmīs mihi cārē Mārtiālis:
quem sī terseris aure dīligentī,
audēbit minus ānxius tremēnsque
magnās Caesaris in manūs venīre.
Shelmerdine 12: carus + dat., numbers, si
Shelmerdine 13: Relative pron.
Shelmerdine 14: Present passive
Vocab
| libellus, libellī, m. | liber parvus |
| inprīmīs | especially |
| tergeō, tergēre, tersī, tersus | to wipe, clean |
| auris, auris, f. | ear |
| dīligens, diligentis | careful, scrupulous |
| ānxius, -a, -um | anxious, uneasy |
| tremēns, trementis | trembling, fearful |
| manus, manūs, f. | hand (manūs here acc. pl.) |
If you wait until ch. 16, don’t need to gloss manus; and tremens forms a good lead in to pres. act. ppl. in ch. 17.
Cicero, De natura deorum 1.97
Quid, canis nonne similis lupo?—atque, ut Ennius,
simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis!—
Varro, De lingua Latina 10.4
Sic dicitur similis homo homini, equus equo, et dissimilis homo equo
(dis)similis + dative