Sunday, September 18, 2011

Fabula Facilis: Asinus Leoni Cantans


Leo, rex animalium,
semel quaerit sibi ministros.
Leo dicit,
"Quaero servos,
qui mihi servire possunt
in diversis officiis."
Asinus se ingerit in leonis curiam
et dicit,
"Ego cantare optime scio!"
Leo respondet,
"Audiamus!"
Tunc asinus os suum aperit,
et horribiliter rudit.
Leo dicit,
"Miser es tu, et mendax:
sonus tuus horribilis est!
A somno potius me excitabis;
me dormire autem numquam facies.
Exi cito de curia mea!"

This story is based on 232. Asinus Leoni Cantans.


asinus - donkey
leo - lion
canto - sing
rex - king
animal - animal, beast
semel - once
quaero - seek, look for
se - reflexive pronoun
minister - servant, attendant, aide
dico - say, speak
servus - servant, slave
qui - who, which, that
ego - I, me
servio - be a servant to, serve
possum - can, be able
in - in, into
diversus - various
officium - duty, office
ingero - carry in, force in
curia - court
et - and
optimus - best, excellent
scio - know, know how to
respondeo - answer, reply
audio - listen, hear
tunc - then
os - mouth
suus - reflexive possessive adjective
aperio - ope
horribiliter - horribly, terribly
rudo - bellow, bray, roar
miser - wretched, unfortunate
sum - be, exist
tu - you
mendax - false, lying, liar
sonus - sound
tuus - your, yours
horribilis - horrible, terrible
a - from
somnus - sleep
potius - rather, more
excito - wake up, rouse
dormio - sleep
autem - however, but
numquam - never
facio - do, make
exeo - go out, get out
cito - swiftly, quickly
de - from
meus - my, mine
M0232 (not in Perry)

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