CANIS PER FLUVIUM CARNEM FERENS
Le chien portant un morceau de viande à travers d’un fleuve
- canis sg. f.m. nom. canis a dog
- per prép. indecl. per through, across, through the midst of, from side to side of, traversing
- fluvium sg. m. acc. fluvius a river
- carnem sg. f. acc. indecl. caro venison
- ferens part. sg. m.f. nom. fero to bear, carry, support, lift, hold, take up
Amittit merito proprium qui alienum appetit.
Il perd justement son bien propre celui qui convoite le bien d’autrui.
- amittit 3. sg. amitto to send away, dismiss, part with
- merito sg. n. abl. meritum a merit, service, kindness, benefit, favor
- proprium adj. sg. n. acc. proprius not common with others, own special, several, individual, peculiar, particular, proper
- qui pron. pl. m. nom. indecl. quis any one, anybody, anything, some one, somebody, something
- alienum adj. sg. n. acc. alienus of another, belonging to another, not one’s own, foreign, alien, strange
- appetit 3. sg. appeto to strive for, reach after, grasp at:
Canis, per fluvium carnem cum ferret, natans, / Lympharum in speculo vidit simulacrum suum,
Un chien, comme il portait un morceau de viande à travers d’un fleuve, en nageant,
vit son propre image dans un miroir des ondes.
- canis sg. f.m. nom. canis a dog
- per prép. indecl. per through, across, through the midst of, from side to side of, traversing
- fluvium sg. m. acc. fluvius a river
- carnem sg. f. acc. indecl. caro venison
- cum conj. indecl. Cum when, at the time when
- ferret 3. sg. impf. fero to bear, carry, support, lift, hold, take up
- natans part. sg. m.f. nom. nato to swim, float
- lympharum pl. f. gén. lympha water, clear water, spring water
- speculo sg. n. abl. speculum a reflector, lookingglass, mirror
- vidit 3. sg. parf. video to see, discern, perceive
- simulacrum sg. n. acc. simulacrum a likeness, image, figure, portrait, effigy, statue
- suum adj. sg. n. acc. suus of oneself, belonging to oneself, his own, her own, his, her, its, their
Aliamque prædam ab altero ferri putans / Eripere voluit ;
Et pensant qu’une autre proie était portée par un autre chien (ab altero cane), il voulut l’arracher.
- aliamque adj. sg. f. acc. Alius another, other, different
- praedam sg. f. acc. praeda property taken in war, booty, spoil, plunder, pillage
- ab prép. indecl. ab all the way from
- altero sg. m. abl. indecl. alter one, another, the one, the other
- altero adj. sg. m. abl. alter one, another, the one, the other
- ferri inf. pass. fero to bear, carry, support, lift, hold, take up
- putans part. sg. m. nom. puto to clean, cleanse, trim, prune
- eripere inf. eripio to tear out, snatch away, wrest, pluck, tear, take away
- voluit 3. sg. parf. volo to will, wish, want, purpose, be minded, determine
verum decepta aviditas / Et quem tenebat ore dimisit cibum, / Nec quem petebat adeo potuit tangere.
Mais son avidité fut déçu et il a lâcha dans sa gueule la nourriture qu’il tenait, et il ne put pas bien moins à toucher .
- verum sg. m. acc. verus true, real, actual, genuine
- decepta part. sg. parf. pass. f. nom. decipio to catch, ensnare, entrap, beguile, elude, deceive, cheat
- aviditas sg. f. nom. aviditas eagerness for, avidity, longing, vehement desire
- tenebat 3. sg. impf. teneo to hold, keep, have, grasp, hold fast
- ore sg. n. abl. indecl. os the mouth
- dimisit 3. sg. parf. dimitto to send different ways, send out, send forth, send about, scatter, distribute
- cibum sg. m. acc. cibus food, victuals, nutriment, fodder:
- petebat 3. sg. impf. peto to strive for, seek, aim at, repair to, make for, travel to
- adeo 1. sg. adeo to submit a cause to a referee:
- adeo adv. indecl. adeo To designate a limit, to this, thus far, so far, as far.
- potuit 3. sg. parf. possum to be able, have power, can
- tangere inf. tango to touch
