Apicula laborat,
sed homines mel sibi auferunt.
Apicula hoc aegre fert!
Favos ergo,
elegantissime constructos,
Iovi offert, dicens,
"O Iuppiter,
hoc munus tibi do,
ut aculeo meo vim letiferam des!"
Iuppiter eius immanitate offensus est,
et bestiolae sic respondet,
"Immo potius:
tibi letiferam vim tribuam,
sed, una cum illo,
tibi vita relinquenda est."
This story is based on 670. Apes et Iuppiter.
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apicula - little bee (diminutive)
et - and
Iuppiter - Jupiter
laboro - work, labor
sed - but
homo - person, man
mel - honey
se - reflexive pronoun
aufero - carry off, take
hic - this
aegre - sorely, scarcely
fero - bear, carry, endure
favus - honeycomb
ergo - therefore
elegans - fine, fastidious
construo - build, construct
offero - bring to, offer
dico - say
O - O, oh
munus - gift
tu - you
do - give
ut - so, so that
aculeus - sting
meus - my, mine
vis - strength, force
letifer - deadly, fatal
is - he/she/it
immanitas - brutality, cruelty
offendo - offend, hit, hurt
et - and
bestiola - little creature, critter
sic - in this way, thus
respondeo - reply, answer
immo - no, no indeed
potius - rather
tribuo - grant, bestow
una - together
cum - with
ille - that
vita - life
relinquo - leave, abandon
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