Asinus olitoris aegre laborem sustinet;
herus enim labore magno eum premit.
Asinus conqueritur de hero apud Iovem,
et sic deo supremo supplicat:
"Rogo, ut des mihi herum alium!"
Exaudit Iuppiter, et sic iubet,
"Novus asini herus fiat... figulus!"
Mutatus est asini herus,
sed non minutus labor;
immo augescit!
Asinus dorso semper portat
lutum figuli, et tegulas, et lateres.
Iterum conqueritur apud Iovem,
et Iuppiter victus est
asini importunitate.
"Novus asini herus fiat... coriarius!"
Asinus fatum suum statim intellegit,
et, apud se lamentans, dicit,
"Omnia mihi in deterius cedunt,
et hic coriarius pessimus;
longe crudelior est omnibus heris
quos umquam habueram.
Heu me miserum!
Mihi vivo non parcit,
nec mortuo;
ipse enim
corpus meum, flagris exhaustum,
in fine excoriabit!"
This story is based on 769. Iuppiter et Olitoris Asinus.
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Iuppiter - Jupiter
et - and
olitor - gardener
asinus - donkey
aegre - painfully, with difficulty
labor - work, effort, labor
sustineo - support, put up with, sustain
herus - master, owner
enim - for, because
magnus - great, large
is - he/she/it
premo - press, oppress
conqueror - complain
de - about, concerning
apud - at, with
et - and
sic - in this way, thus
deus - god
supremus - highest, supreme
supplico - pray, beg, beseech
rogo - ask, request
ut - that, so that, in order to
do - give
ego - I
alius - other, another
exaudio - hear, heed, understand
iubeo - command
novus - new
fio - be, become
figulus - potter
muto - change
sed - but
minuo - lessen, reduce
immo - on the contrary, indeed
augesco - grow larger, get bigger
dorsum - back
semper - always
porto - carry
lutum - mud, clay, dirt
tegula - tile
later - brick
iterum - again, a second time
vinco - conquer, defeat
importunitas - persistence, relentlessness
coriarius - tanner, maker of animal hides
fatum - fate
suus - reflexive possessive adjective
statim - immediately
intellego - understand
se - reflexive prounoun
lamento - grieve, bewail, lament
dico - say
omnis - all, every
ego - I
in - in, int
deterior - worse
cedo - go, make way, proceed
hic - this
pessimus - worst
longe - far, far away, by far
crudelis - cruel, savage
qui - who, which, that
umquam - ever
habeo - have
heu - oh, alas
miser - wretched, unfortunate
vivus - living, alive
non - not, no
parco - spare, be merciful
nec - neither, nor, and not
mortuus - dead
ipse - (him/her/it)self
enim - for, because
corpus - body
meus - my, mine
flagrum - whip, scourge
exhaustus - emptied, drained, exhausted
in - in, into
finis - end, finish
excorio - strip off the skin, flay
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