Monday, June 06, 2011

Fabula Facilis: Culex et Taurus


Culex parvus taurum provocat,
dicens,
"Te vero vincam viribus meis!"
Populi cuncti veniunt,
spectacula cernere volentes.
Tunc culex dicit,
"Satis habeo, O taure,
quod tu
comminus venis.
Par tibi factus sum iudicio tuo."
Culex tunc per auras se tollit
penna levi
et populorum turbam ludit,
tauri minas neglegens.
Taurus tunc sibi dicit,
"Culicem contemnere debebam,
validae cervicis meae memor!
Sed stultus eram,
et gloriatio nunc est
huic inimico pudendo."
Fabula docet:
Ille sibi famam diminuit,
qui se indignis comparat.

This story is based on 696. Culex et Taurus.
Taurus et Culex

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culex - gnat
et - and
taurus - bull
parvus - small, tiny
provoco - challenge, provoke
dico - say, speak
tu - you
vero - in fact, indeed
vinco - conquer, defeat
vis - strength, power
meus - my, mine
populus - people
cunctus - all, every
venio - come
spectaculum - show, spectacle
cerno - view, watch
volo - want, will, wish
tunc - then
satis - enough, well enough
habeo - have
O - O! oh!
quod - because, on account of the fact that
comminus - hand to hand, in the presence of
par - equal
facio - make, do
iudicium - judgment
tuus - your
per - through, by means of
aura - breeze, air
se - reflexive pronoun
tollo - lift up, raise
penna - feather, wing
levis - light
et - and
turba - crowd
ludo - play, sport, amuse
mina - threat
neglego - disregard, scorn
contemno - look down on, disregard
debeo - should, must, ought
validus - strong
cervix - neck
meus - my, mine
memor - mindful, aware
sed - but
stultus - foolish, stupid
sum - be, exist
gloriatio - boasting, renown
nunc - now
hic - this
inimicus - enemy
pudendus - shameful, disgraceful
fabula - story, tale, fable
doceo - teach
ille - that, that one
fama - reputation, fame, report
diminuo - diminish, reduce, lessen
qui - who, which that
indignus - unworthy
comparo - compare, collect, match
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