A Latin Reader
3. In Union is Strength
Agricola senex fīliōs suōs convocāvit, qui interdum discordābant. Senex fascem virgulārum adferrī iussit. Tum “Frangite,” inquit, “hunc fascem.” Hoc facere nōn poterant. Dēnique distribuit senex singulās virgulās, quās celeriter frēgērunt. Tum exclāmāvit agricola: “Quam fīrma rēs est concordia, quam imbēcillis discordia!”
old. This word is often used as a noun..
Passive infinitive of adferō, bring.
Imperative of frangō, break.
one to each.
quam fīrma rēs: how strong a thing!