| Lupus obvians Vulpi ait: Compater, unde venis? |
obvians: s.v. obvio (takes dative, vulpi) unde: adverb of place |
| who did the wolf happen to run into? | |
| Et ait Vulpes: De quodam vivario, ubi pisces optimos cepi et sufficienter comedi. |
pisces: accusative plural |
| what has the fox been doing? | |
| Quesivit Lupus: Quomodo cepisti? |
quesivit = quaesivit |
| what did the wolf ask the fox? | |
| Ait Vulpes: Caudam in aquam posui, et diu tenui, et pisces credentes quod esset aliquid comestibile, vel quod essem mortua, caude adheserunt, et traxi eos ad terram et comedi. |
posui: s.v. pono quod esset: medieval equivalent of indirect statement caude = caudae adheserunt: adhaeserunt (takes dative, caudae) traxi: s.v. traho |
| how did the fox catch the fish? (or claim to) | |
| Et ait Lupus: Numquid sic ego pisces capere possum? |
pisces: accusative plural |
| what does the wolf want to know? | |
| Ait Vulpes: Optime poteris, cum sis forcior quam ego. |
forcior = fortior (comparative) |
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what did the fox say in reply? |
| Perrexit ergo Lupus festinanter ad vivarium, et caudam in aquam posuit et diu tenuit, donec esset congelata, gelu enim faciebat. |
perrexit: s.v. pergo
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| what did the wolf immediately go do? | |
| Post longam moram voluit caudam extrahere, credens quod multitudo piscium ei adhereret; |
adhereret: adhaereret |
| what did the wolf think when he pulled his tail out of the water? | |
| sed non potuit propter gelicidium quod caudam tenuit. Detentus est ibi usque mane. |
gelicidium = gelu |
| why could the wolf not get his tail out of the water? | |
| Et venerunt homines et Lupum fere usque ad mortem fustigaverunt. |
fere: adverb |
| what happened to the wolf in the end? | |
| Et cum vix evasisset, maledixit compatri suo, qui pisces sibi promisit et verbera et vulnera et fere mortem persolvit. |
vix: adverb compater, qui = Vulpes verbera: s.v. verber |
| what did the wolf have to say about all this? |
