Mercurius Omnia Furatur/Ἑρμῆς πάντα κλέπτει

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When he is born, the god Mercury/Hermes is no normal baby. He can walk, talk, and even make music. But what he really wants to do is steal from the other gods. Will Mercury/Hermes get away with it? Or will the gods find out that they've been tricked by a newborn baby?

Mercurius Omnia Furatur (Latin Version)

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• Total Words: 1,598

• Vocabulary: 79 (excluding names and unique forms), 217 unique forms

• 72% of the vocabulary (86% if excluding glossed words) appears in the Dickinson College Commentaries Latin Core Vocabulary, which consists of 1,000 high-frequency Latin words.

• 80% of the vocabulary (91% if excluding glossed words) appears in Mark A. E. Williams' Essential Latin Vocabulary, which consists of 1,425 high-frequency Latin words.

• Intended level: Novice (1st year)

First 103 Words:

Hodiē puer nātus est. Hic puer est fīlius Iovis et Māiae. Māia est māter puerī. Iūppiter est pater puerī. Iūppiter est rex deōrum.

Hic puer est mīrus. Hic puer ambulāre potest. Hic puer loquī potest. Hic puer canere potest. Nōmen puerō est Mercurius.

Hodiē Mercurius in Cyllēnē monte nātus est. Mercurius cum mātre habitat. Mercurius cum patre nōn habitat. Nam Iūppiter in Olympō monte habitat. Mercurius est puer mīrus. Mercurius domō exīre vult. Mercurius loquī vult. Mercurius canere vult. Mercurius autem vult fūrārī.

Mercurius clam domō exit.

Mercurius: “Ego volō domō exīre! Ego volō fūrārī!”

Mercurius videt testūdinem!

Mercurius: “Ego volō habēre testūdinem!

Ἑρμῆς πάντα κλέπτει (Hermes Panta Kleptei) (Ancient Greek Version)

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• Total Words: 2,225

• Vocabulary: 87 (excluding names and unique forms), 263 unique forms

• 62% of the vocabulary (80% if excluding glossed words) appears in the Dickinson College Commentaries Greek Core Vocabulary, which consists of 500 high-frequency Ancient Greek words.

• Intended level: Novice (1st year)

First 100 Words:

τήμερον παιδίον τι ἐγένετο. τοῦτο δὲ τὸ παιδίον ἐστὶν ὁ υἱὸς Διὸς καὶ Μαίας. ἡ μὲν γὰρ Μαῖά ἐστιν ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ παιδίου. ὁ δὲ Ζεύς ἐστιν ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ παιδίου. καὶ ὁ Ζεύς ἐστιν ὁ τῶν θεῶν βασιλεύς.

τὸ δὲ παιδίον ἐστὶ θαυμαστόν. βαδίζειν μὲν γὰρ τὸ παιδίον δύναται. διαλέγεσθαι δὲ τὸ παιδίον δύναται. ᾄδειν δὲ τὸ παιδίον δύναται. Ἑρμῆς δέ ἐστι τῷ παιδίῳ ὄνομα.

τήμερον δὲ ὁ Ἑρμῆς ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῇ Κυλλήνῃ. καὶ ἡ μήτηρ μὲν οἰκεῖ μετὰ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ. ὁ δὲ πατὴρ οὐκ οἰκεῖ μετὰ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ. ὁ γὰρ Ζεὺς οἰκεῖ ἐν τῷ Ὀλύμπῳ ὄρει.