Mensa mea emicat (a Latin poem)

Jim Jocifero
1 March 2016
An Aristotelian manuscript

Mensa mea emicat
et per domum ambulat.
Ergo foedam gladio
celeriter exanimo.

Translation tips:
emico, -are, -micui, -micatum – spring forth, leap up, appear suddenly (1st conjugation)
domus, f. – house (4th declension, irregular)
ambulo, -are, -avi, -atum – walk (1st conjugation)
foedus, -a, -um – loathsome, disgusting, vile, obscene
gladius, -i, m. – sword
celeriter – swiftly, quickly
exanimo, -are, -avi, -atum – slay, kill, deprive of life/breath

 

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Ok, fine, here’s what it means in English:

My table springs forth
and walks around the house.
Therefore with sword
I quickly slay the loathsome (disgusting, vile, obscene) [thing].

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