| 
  • If you are citizen of an European Union member nation, you may not use this service unless you are at least 16 years old.

  • You already know Dokkio is an AI-powered assistant to organize & manage your digital files & messages. Very soon, Dokkio will support Outlook as well as One Drive. Check it out today!

View
 

irenaeus072

Page history last edited by Laura Gibbs 14 years, 10 months ago

 

HOME | Irenaeus Home | Previous - Next ... (p. 183): Although there is not a fable about the gourd and the pine tree in Aesop's fables, compare a debate between the olive and the fig tree in Perry 413

 

Fabula 72. De Cucurbita et Pinu

 

Pinus ingens  iuxta se natam Cucurbitam et suo beneficio alitam mirabatur  tam brevi tempore excrevisse  in tantam altitudinem,  ut iam  se altius caput extolleret,  sene licet et multorum temporum grandaeva.  Propterea  eius fortunae ac elevationi  coeperat invidere.  Sed cum, adventante hieme,  gelu ac frigore tacta Cucurbita exaruisset  et fastigii sui superbiam omnem posuisset,  iam apud se  mirabunda dicebat,  "Heu!  Fallax et non invidenda  brevis prosperitas!"  Tam cito nata et elata,  citius casura ac peritura. 

 

Pinus ingens

iuxta se natam Cucurbitam

et suo beneficio alitam

mirabatur

tam brevi tempore excrevisse

in tantam altitudinem,

ut iam

se altius caput extolleret,

sene licet et multorum temporum grandaeva.

Propterea

eius fortunae ac elevationi

coeperat invidere.

Sed cum, adventante hieme,

gelu ac frigore tacta Cucurbita exaruisset

et fastigii sui superbiam omnem posuisset,

iam apud se

mirabunda dicebat,

"Heu!

Fallax et non invidenda

brevis prosperitas!"

Tam cito nata et elata,

citius casura ac peritura.

Comments (0)

You don't have permission to comment on this page.