Piscator in fluvio piscatur.
Extendit retia,
fluvium comprehendens utrinque.
Tunc lapidem funi alligat
et aquam verberat.
Pisces, incaute fugientes,
in retia eius incidunt.
Quidam vero
ex iis qui circa fluvium habitant
hoc videt
et piscatorem increpat,
"Fluvium clarum turbas,
et aquam bibere non sinis.
Nos autem, sine hac aqua,
vivere non possumus!"
Piscator respondet,
"Me autem oportet
fluvium perturbare:
esuriens sum,
et sine his piscibus
ego vivere non possum!"
This story is based on 850. Piscator Aquam Verberans.
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piscator - fisherman
aqua - water
verbero - beat
in - in, into
fluvius - river, stream
piscor - fish
extendo - stretch out, extend
rete - net
comprehendo - grasp, take hold, embrace
utrinque - from both sides, at both ends
tunc - then
lapis - stone
funis - rope
alligo - bind, tie, attach
et - and
piscis - fish
incaute - recklessly, rashly
fugio - flee, run away
is - he/she/it
incido - fall into
quidam - a certain, a one
vero - in fact, indeed
ex - from, out of, of
qui - who, which, that
circa - around
habito - inhabit, dwell, live
hic - this
video - see
increpo - rebuke, protest
clarus - clear, bright, illustrious
turbo - disturb, stir up
bibo - water
non - no, not
sino - allow, permit
nos - we, us
autem - but, however
sine - without
vivo - live
possum - can, be able
respondeo - reply, answer
ego - I, me
oportet - it is appropriate, required
perturbo - disturb, stir up very much
esuriens - hungry
sum - be, exist
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