Senex ad mercatum vadit,
cum filio et asello.
Homo quidam hoc videt et dicit,
"Quam stultus est ille!
Asellum neque pater ascendit,
neque filius eius."
Tum senex filium asino imponit.
Hoc alii conspicientes,
stultitiam senis increpant, dicentes,
"Ecce: filius super asinum positus est,
sed pater, aetate confectus, ambulat,
asellum sequens."
Pater ergo filium deponit,
et ipse asinum ascendit.
Paulo post audit alios se culpantes,
"Senex parvulum filium post se trahit,
tanquam servum!"
Filium ergo asello secum superimponit.
Castigatus est inde ab aliis,
qui clamant,
"Minime aptus est asellus
ad tantum onus!"
Senex perturbatus est
tot variis sententiis.
Tandem aselli pedes iungit,
et asellum ligatum baculo suspendit.
Tunc baculum suo filiique collo superponit.
Hoc modo asellum ad mercatum defert.
Propter novitatem spectaculi,
omnes patrem filiumque rident.
Senex indignatus est
et supra ripam fluminis consistit,
asinum ligatum in flumen deiicit
atque ita, sine asino, domum redit.
This story is based on
935. Pater, Filius, et Asinus.
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pater - father
filius - son
et - and
asinus - donkey
senex - old man
ad - to, towards
mercatus - fair, market
vado - go
cum - with, together with
asellus - donkey
homo - person, man
quidam - certain, one
hic - this
video - see
dico - say
quam - how
stultus - foolish, stupid
sum - be, exist
ille - that, that one
neque - and not, neither, nor
pater - father
ascendo - get up on, mount
is - he/she/it
tum - then
impono - put on, place
alius - other, another
conspicio - see, observe, watch
stultitia - foolishness, stupidity
increpo - rebuke, chide
ecce - behold! look!
super - on top of, over, on
pono - put, place
sed - but
aetas - age
confectus - subdued, defeated, done
ambulo - walk
sequor - follow
ergo - therefore
depono - take down, set aside
ipse - (him/her/it)self
ascendo - get up on, ascend
paulum - a little bit, a little
post - after, afterwards
audio - hear
se - reflexive pronoun
culpo - blame, accuse
parvulus - small, little
traho - drag
tamquam - like, as
servus - slave, servant
superimpono - put up on
castigo - reprimand, correct, chastise
inde - thence, from that point on
a - by
qui - who, which, that
clamo - shout
minime - least of all, not at all
aptus - suitable, fit
ad - to, toward, for
tantus - so great, so much
onus - weight, burden
perturbo - confuse, disturb
tot - so many
varius - various, diverse
sententia - opinion, judgment, feeling
tandem - finally
pes - foot
iungo - join, tie together
ligo - tie, bind
baculum - stick, staff, walking stick
suspendo - hang, hang from
collum - neck
superpono - put on, put over
modus - way, measure, method
defero - carry, bring
propter - on account of, because of
novitas - newness, novelty, strangeness
spectaculum - sight
omnis - all, every
rideo - laugh, mock, laugh at
indignor - resent, be indignant
supra - above, over
ripa - bank, edge
flumen - river, stream
consisto - stop
deiicio - thrown down
atque - and
ita - thus, in this way
sine - without
domus - home
redeo - go back, return
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