Dii sibi legunt quisque arborem:
quercum sibi legit Iuppiter,
Venus myrtum, Phoebus laurum,
et Hercules populum albam.
Minerva, admirans, eis dicit,
"Arbores vestrae omnes steriles sunt.
Nec quercus fructum offert, nec myrtus
nec laurus nec populus.
Cur in tutelam sumitis arbores steriles?"
Iuppiter respondet,
"Scilicet deus
tutelam suam fructu non vendit!"
Cui Minerva,
"Mihi quidem olea gratissima est
propter fructum suum."
Cui Pater deorum atque hominum dicit,
"O nata, quam sapiens es tu!
Stulta enim est gloria,
si hoc, quo gloriamur, inutile est."
This story is based on 792. Minerva et Olea.
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Minerva - Minerva
et - and
olea - olive
deus - god
se - reflexive pronoun
lego - choose, select
quisque - each, every
arbor - tree
quercus - oak
Iuppiter - Jupiter
Venus - Venus
myrtus - myrtle tree
Phoebus - Phoebus, Apollo
laurus - laurel tree
et - and
Hercules - Hercules
populus - poplar tree
albus - white
admiror - wonder at, be amazed
is - he/she/it
dico - say
vester - your, yours
omnis - all, every
sterilis - sterile, without fruit
sum - be, exist
nec - and not, nor
fructus - fruit
offero - bring to, offer
cur - why
in - in, into
tutela - guardianship, tutelage
sumo - accept, take up, select
respondeo - answer, reply
scilicet - you know, surely
non - not, no
vendo - sell
qui - who, which, that
ego - I, me
quidem - in fact
gratus - welcome, pleasing
propter - on account of, because
pater - father
atque - and
homo - person, man
O - oh! o!
natus - son; nata - daughter
quam - how
sapiens - wise
tu - you
stultus - stupid, foolish
enim - the fact is, for
gloria - glory, renown
si - if
hic - this
glorior - boast, take pride in
inutilis - useless, unprofitable
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