A great bore, was he? They are bores sometimes. Now then—
Nunc desiderium, curaque non levis.
Johnny. I do not care for the light of the stars.
Papa. Hang it, Johnny, how do you get at "stars" in that line?
Johnny. De, of, siderium, dative, no, genitive plural of sidus, a star, Papa, and levis is light.
Papa. Finish.
Interfusa nitentes
Vites æquora Cycladas.
What do you make of that? "With an infusion of nitre the vines are equal to Cyclops"—is that it?
Johnny. I think so, Papa dear. The Cyclops were great giants, who poked out the eye of Achilles with a hot stick, for throwing stones at their ship.