Phaedr. 1.20.1Stultum cōnsilium nōn modo effectū caret,
sed ad perniciem quoque mortālīs dēvocat.A foolish plan not only fails to succeed but even lures mortals to their ruin.Note. nōn modo … sed … quoque: 'not only … but also'. effectū caret: 'lacks success'. mortālīs = mortālēs. Phaedr. 1.20.3Corium dēpressum in fluviō vīdērunt canēs.Some dogs saw a hide sunk in a river.Note. Corium: 'a hide'. dēpressum: 'sunk'. Phaedr. 1.20.4Id ut comēsse extrāctum possent facilius,
5aquam coepēre ēbibere: sed ruptī prius
periēre quam quod petierant contingerent.So that they could pull it out and eat it more easily, they began to drink up the water; but they burst and died before they could reach what they were after.Note. Id ut comēsse extractum possent: 'so that they could pull it out and eat it'. rūptī: 'burst'. prius … quam: 'before'.
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Phaedrus · Fabulae I
Phaedrus 1.20
The greedy dogs
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| stultus, -a, -um | foolish, stupid |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| modo, adv. | only |
| effectus, -ūs m. | result, accomplishment, success |
| careō, -ēre, -uī | be without, lack (+ abl.) |
| sed, conj. | but |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| perniciēs, -ēī f. | ruin, destruction |
| quoque, adv. | also |
| mortālis, -e | mortal |
| dēvocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | call away; in dubium dēvocāre: put at risk |
| corium, -ī, n. | hide, leather |
| dēprimō, -ere, -pressī, -pressum | press down, sink; depressus: sunk below ground |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| fluvius, -ī m. | river, stream |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| canis, -is, m. and f. | dog |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| comedō, -ere (-esse), -ēdī, -ēsus | eat, eat up |
| extrahō, -trahere, -trāxī, -trāctus | draw or drag out, release, rescue |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| facile, adv. | easily |
| aqua, -ae, f. | water |
| coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action) | have begun, began |
| ēbibō, -bibere, -bibī | drink up, drain |
| rumpō, rumpere, rūpī, ruptus | break, burst |
| prius, adv. | before, first |
| pereō, -īre, -ii, -itūrus | pass away, perish |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus | seek, ask; attack |
| contingō, -ere, -tigī, -tāctum | touch, reach |
Phaedrus, Fabulae I. Latin text: L. Mueller (Teubner, 1876), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: LatinCy, then every word checked and corrected by hand. Vocabulary: F. Ritchie (1903, public domain) and entries written for this app. English translation, notes and grammar hints: written for this app.