Corvus laqueo captus est.
Misera avis Apollinem precatur,
"O Apollo, opem mihi adfer!
Si me adiuvas, tibi tus offeram!"
Ecce: corvus mox a periculo liberatus est.
Sed promissi oblitus est, et tus non offert.
Rursus autem in laqueum incidit.
Sed Apollinem omittit
et Mercurium hac vice precatur,
"O Mercurius, opem mihi adfer!
Si me adiuvas, tibi tus offeram!
Ego tibi ex toto corde hoc voveo!"
At Mercurius corvo dicit,
"O pessime, quomodo tibi credere possum?
Apollo te servavit, et eum illudis et laedis!"
Fabula docet:
Si in beneficos ingratus es,
in calamitate nullum auxilium habebis.
This story is based on 443. Corvus et Mercurius.
(image source: Apollo and a crow)
corvus - crow
et - and
Mercurius - Mercury, Hermes
laqueus - noose, snare, trap
capio - capture, catch
miser - wretched, unfortunate, unlucky
avis - bird
Apollo - Apollo
precor - beg, implore, pray
O - o! oh!
ops - power, help, resources
ego - I, me
adfero - bring to
si - if
adiuvo - help
tu - you
tus - incense
offero - present, offer
ecce - behold, look
mox - soon, shortly, next
a - from
periculum - dange, peril
libero - set free, release, liberate
sed - but
promissum - promise
obliviscor - forget
non - not, no
rursus - again
autem - but, however
in - in, into
incido - fall into
omitto - let go, disregard, omit
hic - this, this one
vice (ablative) - time, turn
ex - from
totus - whole, entire
cor - heart
voveo - vow, pledge, promise
at - but, on the other hand
dico - say, speak
pessimus - worst, very bad
quomodo - how
credo - believe, trust
possum - can, be able
servo - save, keep safe, preserve
is - he/she/it
illudo - mock, dupe, scoff
laedo - harm, injure, hurt
fabula - story, tale, fable
doceo - teach
beneficus - kind, generous
ingratus - ungrateful
sum - be, exist
calamitas - disaster, loss, defeat
nullus - none, not any
auxilium - help
habeo - have
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