Venatores tigris fetum rapiunt.
Tigris veloci cursu venatores insequitur.
Venatores bestiae crudelitatem timent,
et speculum vitreum in via proiiciunt.
Tigris imaginem suam in speculo cernit.
Aestimans fetum suum reperisse, sibi dicit,
"Ecce, tigrem video! Fetum meum repperi!"
A cursu suo subsistit, speculum amplectens.
Dum tigris ibi commoratur,
venatores evadunt.
Tigris tandem speculum pede frangit
et, nihil reperiens, sibi dicit,
"Vae mihi! Fetum meum amisi!"
This story is based on 139. Tigris et Venatores.
Image Source: Medieval image of the tiger.
tigris - tiger
et - and
venator - hunter
fetus - baby, offspring
rapio - seize, take
velox - fast, speedy
cursus - run
insequor - follow, chase
bestia - animal, beast
crudelitas - cruelty, savagery
timeo - fear
speculum - mirror
vitreus - glass, made of glass
in - in, into
via - way, path, road
proiicio - throw, cast away
imago - image, reflection
suus - reflexive possessive adjective
cerno - see, discern
aestimo - judge, reckon
reperio - find
se - reflexive pronoun
dico - say
ecce - behold! look!
video - see
meus - my, mind
a - from
subsisto - stop, cease
amplector - embrace
dum - while
ibi - there, in that place, then
commoror - delay, tarry
evado - get away, escape
tandem - finally
pes - foot
frango - break
nihil - nothing
vae - woe! alas!
amitto - lose
M0139 (not in Perry)
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