Monday, June 20, 2011

Fabula Facilis: Ursus et Apes


Ursus ab ape ictus est.
Magna ira incensus,
alvaria unguibus discerpit.
Tunc autem
apes omnes eum aggressae sunt,
et eum aculeis paene necant!
Ursus vix effugit et dicit,
"Sane verum est:
unius apis aculeum tolerare
melius erat quam
tot hostes in me excitare
iracundiā meā."

This story is based on 133. Ursus et Apes.
Ursus et Apes

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ursus - bear
et - and
apis - bee
ab - by
icio - hit, strike, sting
magnus - great, large, big
ira - anger
incensus - inflamed
alvarium - bee-hive
unguis - nail, claw, talon
discerpo - tear apart, mangle
tunc - then
autem - but, however,
omnis - all, every
is - he/she/it
aggredior - approach, advance, attack
et - and
aculeus - sting
paene - almost, practically
neco - kill, slay
vix - scarcely, barely
effugio - run away, flee, escape
dico - say
sane - truly, of course, certainly
verus - true
sum - be
unus - one
tolero - bear, endure, put up with
melior - better
quam - than
tot - so many
hostis - enemy
in - in, into
ego - I
excito - rouse up, excite
iracundia - bad temper, irascibility
meus - my, mine
M0133 (not in Perry)

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