Piscator retia iacit;
pisciculum tantummodo trahit.
Pisciculus parvulus est!
Miser supplex rogat, dicens,
"O piscator,
melius est me relinquere,
et non capere nunc.
Tam parvus sum,
sed ecce: crescam,
et maior ero.
Tunc me comprehendes.
In futuro,
maiorem utilitatem tibi feram."
Ad haec autem piscator dicit,
"Ast ego profecto stultus non sum!
Te manibus habeo, quamvis levem.
Lucrum parvulum non abiicio,
magnum persequens:
lucrum futurum
in spe incerta consistit."
This story is based on 580. Pisciculus et Piscator.
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pisciculus - little fish
et - and
piscator - fisherman
rete - net
iacio - throw, cast
tantummodo - only
traho - drag, pull
parvulus - tiny
sum - be, exist
miser - wretched, unhappy
supplex - suppliant, kneeling, begging
rogo - ask
dico - say, speak
O - o! oh!
melior - better
ego - I, me
relinquo - leave, abandon
non - not, no
capio - catch, capture
nunc - now
tam - so
parvus - small
sed - but
ecce - look, behold
cresco - grow, grow bigger
maior - bigger, greater
tunc - then
comprehendo - catch, grasp
in - in, into
futurum - the future
utilitas - use, usefulness
tu - you
fero - bring, offer
ad - to, towards
hic - this, this one
autem - but, however
ast - on the other hand, but
profecto - certainly
stultus - foolish, stupid
manus - hand
habeo - have, hold
quamvis - although
levis - light, slight, trivial
lucrum - profit, gain
abiicio - cast away, throw away
magnus - big, great
persequor - pursue, chase
futurus - yet to come, future
spes - hope
incertus - uncertain, doubtful
consisto - stand, stay, consist
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