Venator leonis vestigia indagat.
Lignatorem rogat,
"Heus tu,
leonis vestigia et latibula quaero:
potesne mihi haec indicare?"
Lignator ei respondet,
"Et ipsum quoque leonem indicabo,
si lubet."
Venator,
metu pallescens et dentibus crepitans,
"Vestigia tantum," dicit,
non leonem quaero."
Audaces et timidos carpit haec fabula,
audaces nempe verbis, sed non factis.
This story is based on 847. Venator Meticulosus.
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venator - hunter
meticulosus - fearful, timid
leo - lion
vestigium - footprint, track
indago - track, track down
lignator -woodcutter
rogo - ask, inquire, interrogate
heus - hey!
tu - you
et - and
latibulum - den, hiding-place
quaero - seek, look for
possum - can, be able
ne - question particle
ego - I, me
hoc - this
indico - point out, indicate
is - he/she/it
respondeo - answer, reply
ipse - (him/her/it)self
quoque - also
si - if
lubet - it pleases, is agreeable, you want
metus - fear
pallesco - grow pale
dens - tooth
crepito - rattle, snap
tantum - so much, only
dico - say
non - not, no
audax - bold, daring
timidus - fearful, scared
carpo - pluck, tease, carp at
fabula - story, tale, fable
nempe - of course, certainly
verbum - word
sed - but
factum - deed
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