Fabula Facilis: Culex et Taurus

Vocabula

Culex parvus taurum provocat,
dicens,
"Te vero vincam viribus meis!"
Populi cuncti veniunt,
spectacula cernere volentes.
Tunc culex dicit,
"Satis habeo, O taure,
quod tu comminus venis.
Par tibi factus sum iudicio tuo."
Culex tunc per auras se tollit
penna levi
et populorum turbam ludit,
tauri minas neglegens.
Taurus tunc sibi dicit,
"Culicem contemnere debebam,
validae cervicis meae memor!
Sed stultus eram,
et gloriatio nunc est
huic inimico pudendo."
Fabula docet:
Ille sibi famam diminuit,
qui se indignis comparat.

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This story is based on 696. Culex et Taurus.

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culex - gnat
et - and
taurus - bull
parvus - small, tiny
provoco - challenge, provoke
dico - say, speak
tu - you
vero - in fact, indeed
vinco - conquer, defeat
vis - strength, power
meus - my, mine
populus - people
cunctus - all, every
venio - come
spectaculum - show, spectacle
cerno - view, watch
volo - want, will, wish
tunc - then
satis - enough, well enough
habeo - have
O - O! oh!
quod - because, on account of the fact that
comminus - hand to hand, in the presence of
par - equal
facio - make, do
iudicium - judgment
tuus - your
per - through, by means of
aura - breeze, air
se - reflexive pronoun
tollo - lift up, raise
penna - feather, wing
levis - light
et - and
turba - crowd
ludo - play, sport, amuse
mina - threat
neglego - disregard, scorn
contemno - look down on, disregard
debeo - should, must, ought
validus - strong
cervix - neck
meus - my, mine
memor - mindful, aware
sed - but
stultus - foolish, stupid
sum - be, exist
gloriatio - boasting, renown
nunc - now
hic - this
inimicus - enemy
pudendus - shameful, disgraceful
fabula - story, tale, fable
doceo - teach
ille - that, that one
fama - reputation, fame, report
diminuo - diminish, reduce, lessen
qui - who, which that
indignus - unworthy
comparo - compare, collect, match

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Fabula Facilis: Leo Iratus et Puteus

Vocabula

Leo olim iratus est,
odio furens:
leonem alium quaerit,
eum mactare volens,
sed elapsus est.
Leo, frustratus, in puteum offendit.
In puteum inspicit,
et in aquis suam imaginem videt.
Leo clamat,
"Ecce: hostis meus adest!
Eum video in puteo!"
Tunc in puteum irruit,
et sic perit, aquis submersus.
Fabula docet:
Furiosi saepe
plus sibi nocent
quam aliis.

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This story is based on 2. Leo Iratus et Puteus.

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Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Kalila-wa-Dimna images from this manuscript. This image does not match the Aesop exactly; here you see a more elaborate story where a rabbit purposefully leads the lion to the well, shows him the reflection, which prompts the lion to the same fatal anger that we see in the Aesop's fable.

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leo - lion
irascor - be angry
et - and
puteus - well
olim - once, once upon a time
odium - hatred
furo - rage, rave, be furious
alius - other, another
quaero - seek, look for
is - he/she/it
macto - kill, slaughter
volo - will, wish, want
sed - but
elabor - slip away, escape
frustro - disappoint, frustrate
in - in, into
offendo - run into, come across
inspicio - look into
et - and
aqua - water
suus - reflexive possessive adjective
imago - image, picture
video - see
clamo - shout
ecce - behold! look!
hostis - enemy
meus - my, mind
adsum - be present
tunc - then
irruo - rush into, attack
sic - in this way
pereo - perish, die
submergo - sink under, plunge down
fabula - story, tale, fable
doceo - teach
furiosus - angry, full of rage, furious
saepe - often
plus - more
se - reflexive pronoun
noceo - harm, injure
quam - than

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Fabula Facilis: Minerva et Olea

Vocabula

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."

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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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