Sunday, March 13, 2011

Fabula Facilis: Ranae et Iuppiter


Ranae olim clamore magno orant,
"O Iuppiter, regem nobis da!"
Pater Deorum ridet,
et e caelo
magnum truncum deiicit
in ranarum paludem.
Subito motu aquarum et sono
ranae perterritae sunt.
Mergunt et latent in limo.
Forte una profert e stagno caput.
Regem explorat,
et ranas cunctas evocat.
Illae, timore posito, adnatant.
Petulans ranarum turba
mox in truncum insilit.
Ranae denuo orant,
"Regem novum nobis da!
Iste rex inutilis est."
Tum Iuppiter ciconiam mittit.
Ciconia ranas dilacerat et iugulat;
alias vivas devorat!
Ranae reliquae mergunt.
Lugent, flent, et denuo orant,
"O Iuppiter,
nos libera ab hac calamitate!"
Sed earum querelae et lacrimae
Deum non movent.
Ranis dicit,
"Benignum et placidum regem dedi,
sed non tulistis.
Iam ferum et barbarum ferte!
Malum minus perferte,
ne malum maius vobis veniat."


This story is based on 605. Ranae et Iuppiter.
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Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Crane images. I like the way you can see it all here: there's Jupiter, there's the log, and there is the deadly bird, decorated with a royal chain of gold, eating up its froggy subjects.
rana - frog
et - and
Iuppiter - Jupiter
olim - once, once upon a time
clamor - shouting, clamor
magnus - great, big
oro - beg, ask for, pray
O - o! oh!
rex - king
nos - we, us
do - give
pater - father
deus - god
rideo - laugh
e - out of, out from, from
caelum - sky, heaven
truncus - tree trunk
deiicio - thrown down
in - in, into
palus - swamp, marsh
subitus - sudden
motus - motion, movement
sonus - sound, noise
perterritus - completely scared
sum - be, exist
mergo - sink, submerge
lateo - hide
limus - mud
forte - by chance
unus - one
profero - bring out, put out
stagnum - swamp
caput - head
exploro - search out, investigate
cunctus - all
evoco - call forth, summon
ille - that, that one
timor - fear
positus - set, set aside
adnato - swim up to, swim to
petulans - insolent, impudent
turba - crowd
mox - soon, then
insilio - jump onto, leap on
denuo - again, anew
novus - new
inutilis - useless
tum - then
ciconia - stork
mitto - send
dilacero - tear to pieces
iugulo - kill, murder
alius - other, another
vivus - living, alive
devoro - gobble up, devour
reliquus - remaining, rest
lugeo - lament, grieve
fleo - weep, wail
libero - set free, liberate
ab - from
hic - this, this one
calamitas - disaster
sed - but
is - he/she/it
querela - complaint, lament
lacrima - tear
moveo - move
dico - say, speak
benignus - kind, gentle
placidus - peaceful, mild
fero - bear, bear up, endure
iam - now, by now
ferus - savage, wild
barbarus - uncivilized, barbaric
malus - wicked, evil
minor - lesser, smaller
perfero - endure
ne - so that not, lest
maior - greater, bigger
vos - you (plural)
venio - come

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