Pulli celebrant capitulum,
regem sibi eligere volentes.
Dicit pullus unus, aliis sapientior,
"Eligere oportet columbam,
quod columba est animal simplex:
nec laniat, nec laedit, nec devorat."
Faciunt sic.
Columba simplex inter pullos conversatur.
Tunc dicunt pulli,
"Rex noster nihil valet:
nec percutit, nec laniat."
Dicunt alii,
"Deponamus eum!
Quem igitur eligemus?"
Dicunt ad invicem,
"Eligamus milvum!"
Factum est ita.
Milvus rex constitutus est,
et, die uno,
rostro et unguibus
pullum unum laniat et devorat,
postea alium, et tertium.
Sic rex pravus pullorum populum affligit.
This story is based on 424. Milvus, Rex Electus.
(Milvus)
milvus - kite (bird)
rex - king
eligo - elect, select, choose
pullus - chick
celebro - perform, celebrate
capitulum - chapter, meeting
se - reflexive pronoun
volo - wish, want, will
dico - say
unus - one
alius - other, another
sapiens - wise
oportet - it is right, proper
columba - dove
quod - because
animal - animal
simplex - simple, honest
nec - and not, nor
lanio - tear, mangle, butcher
laedo - wound, injure
devoro - devour, consume
facio - do, make
sic - thus, in this way
inter - among, within
conversor - consort, keep company, abide
tunc - then
noster - our, ours
nihil - nothing
valeo - be strong, powerful, capable
percutio - strike, hit
depono - set aside, put away
is - he/she/it
quis - who
igitur - therefore
ad - to, towards
invicem - one another, in turns
ita - thus, so
constituo - establish, appoint
et - and
dies - day
rostrum - beak
unguis - nail, talon, claw
postea - afterwards
tertius - third
pravus - crooked, corrupt, wicked
populus - people, population, nation
affligo - damage, crush, afflict
M0424 (not in Perry)
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