Printable version of this week's readings.
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Coclea repperit spiculum, |
spiculum = speculum (coclea) adamavit speculum, dum (coclea) vidisset (speculum) nimium fulgere |
| why did the snail love the mirror? | |
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Et statim ascendens |
(coclea) ascendens super eius (speculi) orbem coepit delingere eum (speculum) |
| what did the lovelorn snail decide to do? | |
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Nil vero ei visa est contulisse, |
coclea visa est contulisse nil ei (speculo) contulisse: s.v. confero (coclea) pollueret splendorem (speculi) salivis vel sordibus |
| what happened to the mirror as a result? | |
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Simia invenit eum taliter inquinatum |
simia invenit eum (speculum) calcari: passive infinitive permittunt, s.v. permitto (takes infinitive) permittunt se calcari (a) talibus talia: neuter accusative plural |
| why did the monkey have to say about all this? | |
| Mulieribus, quae se stultis et inutilissimis viris coniungunt |
(the moral of the story) [fabula dicta est] mulieribus, quae... |
| what is the moral of the story? |
