Pastor gregem magnum habet
caprarum oviumque.
Pastor dicit,
"Vae mihi!
Grex meus quotidie lupi esca fit,
et sic diminutus est."
Congregat ergo oves et capras,
et longa oratione eos hortatur,
"Nolite lupum timere!
Vos estis numero plures,
et cornibus armatae estis,
sed lupus cornibus caret.
Debetis vos defendere,
unanimiter et auxilio mutuo,
ab lupi impetu et furore,
Ego promitto:
numquam vobis deero."
Eius verba oves et capras animant.
Oves et capra promittunt et iurant,
"Nos nequaquam lupo cedamus!"
Paulo post lupus adventat.
Valde timent et subito fugiunt;
pastoris verba nil efficiunt.
Tunc pastor secum dicit,
"Impossibile est mutare Naturam."
This story is based on 306. Oves Timidae et Pastor.
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ovis - sheep
timidus - fearful, timid
et - and
pastor - shepherd
grex - flock
magnus - great, big
habeo - have
capra - she-goat
dico - say, speak
vae - woe! alas!
ego - I, me
meus - my, mine
quotidie - daily, every day
lupus - wolf
esca - food
fio - become, be made
sic - thus, in this way
diminuo - lessen, reduce in size
congrego - gather together
ergo - therefore
longus - lengthy, long
oratio - speech
is - he/she/it
hortor - urge, encourage
nolo - not want, do not, refues
timeo - fear, be afraid
vos - you (plural)
sum - be, exist
plus - more, greater number
cornu - horn
armatus - armed
sed - but
careo - lack, be without
debeo - should, must, ought
defendo - protect, defend
unanimiter - unanimously, together
auxilium - help, aid
mutuus - mutual, in return, borrowed
ab - from, away from
impetus - rush, attach
furor - rage, anger
promitto - promise
numquam - never, not ever
desum - be lacking, fail, desert
verbum - word
animo - hearten, encourage, inspire
iuro - swear, make an oath
nequaquam - not, no way
cedo - yield, give way to
paulum - a little bit
post - afterwards
advento - arrive, approach
valde - greatly, very, mightily
subito - immediately, suddenly
fugio - flee, run away
nil - nothing
efficio - accomplish, bring about, effect
tunc - then
cum - with
se - reflexive pronoun
impossibilis - impossible
muto - change
Natura - Nature
M0306 (not in Perry)
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