Phaedr. 1.8.1Quī pretium meritī ab improbīs dēsīderat,
bis peccat: prīmum quoniam indignōs adiuvat;Whoever looks for a reward for his service from wicked men makes two mistakes: first, because he helps those who do not deserve it;Note. pretium meritī: 'the reward of his service'. bis peccat: 'makes two mistakes', explained by prīmum … deinde. Phaedr. 1.8.3impūne abīre deinde quia iam nōn potest.second, because he can no longer get away unharmed.Note. impūne abīre: 'to get away unharmed'. quia is placed late in its clause, a common feature of verse. Phaedr. 1.8.4Os dēvorātum fauce cum haerēret lupī,
5magnō dolōre victus coepit singulōs
illicere pretiō, ut illud extraherent malum.When a bone that a wolf had swallowed stuck in his throat, overcome by great pain he began to try to tempt each animal with a reward to pull out that bad thing.Note. Os dēvorātum: 'a bone he had swallowed'. faucē … lupī: 'in the wolf's throat'. singulōs illicere pretiō: 'to entice each (animal) with a reward'. Phaedr. 1.8.7Tandem persuāsa est iūre iūrandō gruis,
gulaeque crēdēns collī longitūdinem,
perīculōsam fēcit medicīnam lupō.At last a crane was persuaded by his oath, and, trusting the length of her neck to his gullet, she performed a dangerous operation on the wolf.Note. persuāsa est iūre iūrandō: 'was persuaded by his oath'. gulae … crēdēns collī longitūdinem: 'trusting the length of her neck to his gullet'. medicīnam facere: 'to perform a cure'. Phaedr. 1.8.10Prō quō cum pactum flāgitāret praemium:
ingrāta es inquit ōre quae nostrō caput
incolume abstulerīs et mercēdem postulēs.When she demanded the agreed reward for it, he said: 'You are ungrateful: you have taken your head out of my mouth unharmed, and you ask for payment?'Note. pactum praemium: 'the agreed reward' (from paciscor). quae … abstuleris et … postulēs: subjunctives in a relative clause giving the reason: 'you who have taken … and (yet) ask'.
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Phaedrus · Fabulae I
Phaedrus 1.8
The wolf and the crane
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| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| pretium, -ī, n. | price, charge |
| meritum, -ī n. | service, desert |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| improbus, -a, -um | wicked, shameless; persistent, relentless; as noun: rogue |
| dēsīderō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | long for, miss; require |
| bis (adv.) | twice |
| peccō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | do wrong |
| prīmum, adv. | first, in the first place |
| quoniam, conj. | since now, since |
| indignus, -a, -um | unworthy; shameful |
| adiuvō, -āre, adiūvī, adiūtum | help, assist |
| impūne (adv.) | without punishment |
| abeō, -īre, -iī, -itūrus | go away, depart |
| deinde, adv. | then, next |
| quia (conj.) | because |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| os, ossis n. | bone |
| dēvorō, -vorāre, -vorāvī, -vorātus | swallow down, swallow, devour |
| faucēs, -ium, f. plur. | throat |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| haereō, haerēre, haesī, haesūrus | stick; hesitate |
| lupus, -ī m. | wolf |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| dolor, -ōris, m. | pain, grief; anger |
| vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum | conquer, defeat |
| coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action) | have begun, began |
| singulī, -ae, -a | one at a time, single |
| illiciō, -licere, -lexī, -lectus | entice, lure, seduce |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| extrahō, -trahere, -trāxī, -trāctus | draw or drag out, release, rescue |
| malum, -ī, n. | evil, mischief |
| tandem, adv. | at length or last, finally |
| persuādeō, -suādēre, -suāsi, -suāsus | persuade, prevail upon, induce |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| iūs, iūris, n. | right, justice, law; iūs dīcere, to pronounce judgment; iūs iūrandum, iūris iūrandī, oath |
| iūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | swear; iūs iūrandum, oath |
| grūs, gruis f. | crane (the bird) |
| gula, -ae f. | throat, gullet |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | believe |
| collum, -ī, n. | neck |
| longitūdō, -inis f. | length |
| perīculōsus, -a, -um | dangerous |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| medicīna, -ae, f. | art of healing, medicine |
| prō, prep. with abl. | before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for |
| pacīscor, -ī, pactus sum | agree, arrange; pactus: agreed upon |
| flāgitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | demand urgently |
| praemium, -ī, n. | reward |
| ingrātus, -a, -um | unwelcome, unpleasant; ungrateful |
| inquam, inquis, inquit, defective verb | I say, you say, he says |
| ōs, ōris, n. | mouth |
| noster, -tra, -trum | our |
| caput, capitis, n. | head |
| incolumis, -e | unhurt, safe |
| auferō, auferre, abstulī, ablātus | bear away, carry off |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| mercēs, mercēdis, f. | pay, reward, wages |
| postulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | ask, request, demand |
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.