#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- python-mode -*-
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
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######################## Random latin hexameters #########################
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## o author: Richard Everson (R.M.Everson@exeter.ac.uk)
## o created: 2011-04-12 23:16:46+00:40
from random import choice
from string import upper, capitalize, join
wordtable = [
['turbida', 'ignea', 'pessima', 'horrida', 'aspera', 'martia', 'barbara', 'lurida', 'effera'],
['fata', 'signa', 'damna', 'bella', 'vincla', 'sistra', 'castra', 'scorta', 'tela'],
['sequi', 'foris', 'pati', 'tuis', 'domi', 'patet', 'puto', 'palam', 'ferunt'],
['praemonstrant', 'proritant', 'promittunt', 'portendunt', 'producunt',
'monstrabunt', 'causabunt', 'praenarrant', 'promulgant'],
['tempora', 'pocula', 'praelia', 'verbera', 'lumina', 'faedera', 'agmina',
'crimina', 'sidera'],
['dura', 'saepe', 'quaedam', 'acerba', 'prava', 'multa', 'dira', 'nigra',
'saeva']
]
h = " ".join([ choice(word) for word in wordtable ]).upper().capitalize()
print """Content-Type: text/html
Random Latin Hexameters
Random Latin Hexameters
%s
""" % h
print """
This is a randomly generated latin hexameter generated using tables dating back to the 1700s. There are nine possible choices for each of the six words, making a possible 531441 hexameters.
Reload the page to get another one
"""