Legenda: Elephas

BESTIARIA LATINA BLOG - Latin Via Fables - Zoo - Legenda

Elephas

Scroll down to find: Overview, Study Guide, Segmented Prose Text, and Grammar Comments

The story of The Elephant is adapted from Physiologus Latinus, versio BIs and the text of the Aberdeen Bestiary.

For more information about elephants, including other legends and also proverbs about elephants, visit the Elephas in the Zoo. You can also visit the Elephant page at the bestiary.ca website for a discussion in English, bibliography and other useful references.

Use this Study Guide to organize your learning activities.

Est animal quod dicitur elephas, et nullum animal grandius videtur.	quod: relative pronoun, antecedent is animal
In eis enim Persae et Indi ligneis turribus collati tamquam de muro iaculis dimicant.	enim: postpositive
Intellectu et memoria multa vigent, gregatim incedunt, murem fugiunt (est enim formidabilis tauris elephas, tamen murem timet), aversi coeunt.	enim: postpositive
Quando autem parturiunt in aquis, vel in silvis, dimittunt fetus propter draconem, qui insidiatur eis.	autem: postpositive qui: relative pronoun, antecedent is draconem
Inpliciti aliquando ab eis necantur.	inpliciti...necantur: participle plus verb (they are entangled... and are killed)
Elephantes vero proboscida sua quicquid involuerint frangunt, pede vero quicquid compresserint velut quodam lapsu ruinae ingentis exanimant.	vero: postpositive
Propter feminas nunquam dimicant, nulla enim noverunt adulteria.	enim: postpositive
Inest illis clementiae bonum. Quippe si per deserta vagabundum hominem forte viderint ductus usque notas vias praebent.	ductus: this is a 4th declension noun, ductus, -us
Conflictis fortuito si quando pugnantur non mediocrem habent curam sauciorum. Nam fessos vulneratosque in medium receptant.	quando = aliquando mediocrem...curam: split phrase
Apud solam Africam et Indiam prius elephantes nascebantur, nunc sola eos India gignit.