Thursday, June 16, 2011

Fabula Facilis: Avarus et Aureorum Sacculus


Vir avarus moriturus est,
aureorum acervum relicturus,

ingentem
sed male partum.
Vir iubet,
"Affer mihi nummorum sacculum!"
Tunc vir sacculum interrogat,
"O saccule, dic mihi:
post mortem meam,
quibus voluptatem dabis?"
Sacculus respondet,
"Heredibus tuis voluptatem dabo:
istos nummos, quos contineo,
a te tanto sudore quaesitos,
in scortis et conviviis profundent!
Daemones quoque gaudebunt,
qui animam tuam mancipabunt
aeternis suppliciis!"
Haec fabula indicat:
stultissimum est
in iis laborare
quae ferunt aliis gaudium,
nobis autem tormentum.


This story is based on 987. Avarus et Aureorum Sacculus.


"Death and the Miser" by Hieronymus Bosch


avarus - greedy, miserly
et - and
aureus - gold, golden; gold coin
sacculus - little sack, little bag
vir - man
morior - die
acervus - heap, pile
relinquo - leave, abandon, leave behind
ingens - enormous, huge
sed - but
male - badly, wickedly
pario - produce, beget, acquire
iubeo - command, order
affero - bring, carry to
ego - I, me
nummus - coin, money
tunc - then
interrogo - ask, question
O - O! oh!
dico - say, tell
post - after
mors - death
meus - my, mine
quis - who, which
voluptas - pleasure
respondeo - answer, reply
heres - heir
tuus - your, yours
do - give
iste - that, that there
qui - who, which, that
contineo - hold, contain
a - from, by
tantus - so much, so great
sudor - sweat
quaero - search for, strive for, seek
in - in, into, on
scortum - prostitute, harlot
convivium - banquet, feast
profundo - pour out, pour forth
daemon - demon, devil
quoque - also, and
gaudeo - rejoice, enjoy
anima - spirit, soul
mancipo - transfer, surrender
aeternus - eternal, ever-lasting
supplicium - punishment
hic - this
fabula - story, tale, fable
indico - show
stultus - stupid, foolish
laboro - work, work hard
fero - bring, bear, carry
alius - other, another
gaudium - joy, pleasure
nos - we
autem - however, but
tormentum - torment, torture

M0987 (not in Perry)

2 comments:

DeSelby said...

Typo in the vocabula I think :)
Sudor - Sweat (rather than Swear)

Laura Gibbs said...

THANK YOU! Fixed. :-)