Olea de cucurbita dicit, admirans,
"Haec cucurbita, iuxta me nata,
tantum crescit tempore brevi!
Ego annos quamplurimos sum
in eodem loco,
sed cucurbita longe me altior est."
Sed hiems advenit,
et cucurbita statim exarescit.
Olea tunc dicit,
"Minime cito crescentibus invideo!
Nunc intellego:
eis tam cito paratus est interitus."
This story is based on 716. Olea et Cucurbita.
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olea - olive
et - and
cucurbita - gourd, pumpkin
de - about, concerning
dico - say, speak
admiror - wonder at, be amazed
hic - this
iuxta - next to, beside
ego - I, me
natus - born
tantus - so much, so great, so large
cresco - grow
tempus - time
brevis - short, brief
annus - year
quamplurimus - very many
sum - be, exist
in - in, into
idem - the same
locus - place
sed - but
longe - by far, at a distance
altus - tall, deep
sed - but
hiems - winter
advenio - come, arrive
et - and
statim - immediately
exaresco - dry up, wither
tunc - then
minime - least of all, not at all
cito - quickly, rapidly
invideo - feel envy, be jealous
intellego - understand
is - he/she/it
tam - so
paro - prepare, furnish, produce
interitus - ruin, death, extinction
M0716 (not in Perry)
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