De Ira Lupina | A story in Latin from Legentibus

Here is a story in Latin I wrote based on Aesop’s fable 'The wolf and the lamb'. It’s the tale of a lamb drinking water and being falsely accused by a wolf of questionable integrity for disturbing the water. In this version, the wolf has some rather misplaced Ciceronian aspirations. I hope you enjoy it!

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0:00 "De ira lupina"

0:20 'De me actum est':
use it to lament your fate, as characters commonly do in Roman comedy.

0:34 'Me miserum!':
to lament using exclamation, put the (pro)noun and adjective in the accusative case.

0:48 'Per oves immortales!':
sheep swear by immortal sheep, just as Romans swore by immortal gods ('per deos immortales').

1:44 Apelles was the most famous Greek painter of antiquity;
we don't know how good he was at portraying wolfs of immense beauty, though.

3:44 'Quid agam?':
use subjunctive ('agam') to reply to 'Quid agis?', especially if you're angry.

4:12 'O tempora! O mores!':
the wolf quotes Cicero, but we're not sure he actually read his works.

5:14 'Sapis' is from 'sapere',
which can mean both 'to be wise' and 'to taste well'.

6:54 Other Latin stories

The story is part of our free books section in Legentibus, with more commentaries and resources.

📜 Written by Daniel Pettersson | Based on: Phaedrus, Fabulae Aesopiae I.1, 'De lupo et de agno'

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