Aesop’s De Rana et Bove
Posted: June 18, 2024 Filed under: Latin Translation, Classical Education, Aesop's Fables | Tags: Latin, Translation, Classical Education, Aesop's Fables Leave a commentI’ve started a Latin resource for Aesop’s Fables and hope to publish it in the summer. In the meantime, I’ll be posting the Latin text of the fables with their vocabulary every couple of days. Look forward to the book sometime in July or August. In the meantime check out my other published works here:
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Rana bovem aequāre vult. Rana itaque sē distendit. Filius ranae citat matrem desistere, nam rana bovem non aequat. Rana autem iterum intumescit, et rana bovem aequat. Tandem rana iterum intumescit, et rana crepit!
Vocabulary | |
Aequo, are, avi, atus- to be equal to | Iterum (adv.)- again |
Cito, are, avi, atus- to urge, encourage | Mater, matris, f.- mother |
Crepo, are, crepui, crepitus- to burst, pop | Nam (conj.)- for |
Desisto, ere, destiti, destitus- to stop | Rana, ae, f.- frog |
Distendo, ere, distendi, distentus- to stretch | Tandem (adv.)- at last |
Intumesco, ere, intumui- to swell up, become swollen | Volo, velle- to wish |
Itaque (conj.)- and so |