Phaedr. 1.26.1Nūllī nocendum: sī quis vērō laeserit,
multandum similī iūre fābella admonet.One should do harm to no one; but if anyone does harm, the fable warns that he must be punished in the same way.Note. Nūllī nocendum (esse): impersonal gerundive, 'one should harm no one'. multandum (esse) similī iūre: 'he must be punished in the same way'. Phaedr. 1.26.3Vulpēs ad cēnam dīcitur cicōniam
prior invītāsse et illī in patinā liquidam
5posuisse sorbitiōnem, quam nūllō modō
gustāre ēsuriēns potuerit cicōnia.A fox is said to have been the first to invite a stork to dinner, and to have set before her thin soup on a flat dish, which the hungry stork could not taste at all.Note. dīcitur … invītāsse … et … posuisse: 'is said to have invited … and set'. sorbitiōnem: 'soup'. quam … potuerit: 'which she could not taste'. Phaedr. 1.26.7Quae vulpem cum revocāsset, intrītō cibō
plēnam lagōnam posuit: huic rōstrum īnserēns
satiātur ipsa et torquet convīvam fame.When the stork invited the fox back, she set out a flask full of mashed food; pushing her beak into it, she ate her fill herself and tortured her guest with hunger.Note. revocāsset: 'had invited back'. intrītō cibō plēnam lagōnam: 'a flask full of mashed food'. torquet convīvam fame: 'tortures her guest with hunger'. Phaedr. 1.26.10Quae cum lagōnae collum frūstrā lamberet,
peregrīnam sīc locūtam volucrem accēpimus:
sua quisque exempla dēbet aequō animō patī.While the fox was vainly licking the neck of the flask, we are told that the foreign bird said this: 'Everyone ought to put up calmly with his own example.'Note. peregrīnam … volucrem: 'the foreign bird', the stork (a migrant). sua quisque exempla: 'everyone his own examples', i.e. the treatment he gave others.
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Phaedrus · Fabulae I
Phaedrus 1.26
The fox and the stork
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (59 words)
| nūllus, -a, -um | not any, none, no |
| noceō, -ēre, nocuī, nocitum (+ dat.) | harm, hurt |
| sī, conj. | if |
| quis, qua, quid, indef. pron. | any one, anybody, anything, some one, somebody, something |
| vērō, adv. | in truth, indeed; however |
| laedō, -ere, laesī, laesus | hurt, injure; break (an oath) |
| multō, adv. | by much or far, much, far |
| similis, -e | like, similar (vērī similis: likely) |
| iūs, iūris, n. | right, justice, law; iūs dīcere, to pronounce judgment; iūs iūrandum, iūris iūrandī, oath |
| fābella, -ae f. | little story, fable |
| admoneō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | remind, warn, advise |
| vulpēs, -is f. | fox |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| cēna, -ae, f. | dinner |
| dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus | say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day |
| cicōnia, -ae f. | stork |
| prior, prius | earlier, former; in front (priōrēs: those in front) |
| invītō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | invite |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| patina, -ae f. | shallow dish, plate |
| liquidus, -a, -um | liquid, flowing; clear |
| pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus | place, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on |
| sorbitiō, -ōnis f. | broth, soup |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| gustō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | taste |
| ēsuriō, -īre, -īvī, -ītum | be hungry |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| revocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | call back, recall |
| interō, -terere, -trīvī, -trītus | crumble into, mince; intrītus cibus, food mashed up |
| cibus, -ī, m. | food |
| plēnus, -a, -um | full |
| lagōna (lagēna), -ae f. | flask, jar with a narrow neck |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| rōstrum, -ī, n. | beak |
| īnserō, -ere, -seruī, -sertum | put in, insert |
| satiō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | fill, satisfy; satiārī, eat one's fill |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| torqueō, torquēre, torsī, tortus | turn |
| convīva, -ae m. and f. | guest (at a meal) |
| famēs, -is, abl. famē, f. | hunger |
| collum, -ī, n. | neck |
| frūstrā, adv. | in vain |
| lambō, -ere, lambī | lick |
| peregrīnus, -ī, m. | stranger, foreigner |
| sīc, adv. | so, thus |
| loquor, loquī, locūtus | speak |
| volucris, -is, f. | bird |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| quisque, quaeque, quidque, indef. pron. | each |
| exemplum, -ī n. | example, precedent |
| dēbeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | owe; with infin., ought |
| aequus, -a, -um | level; equal; fair |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| patior, patī, passus, bear | suffer, allow |
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.