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

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

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Prima natura eius est,
quod per cacumina montium
amat ire.
ire: complementary infinitive with amat
Ambulat in montibus
et si contigerit
ut quaeratur a venatoribus,
venit ad eum
odor venatorum,
et cum cauda sua
cooperit post tergum
 vestigia sua
ut venator
per vestigia eius
non inveniat cubile eius
et capiat eum.

quaeratur: subjunctive with ut

inveniat...capiat: subjunctive with ut
Tunc venatores
investigare eum
nequeunt. 		investigare: complementary infinitive with nequeunt
Secunda natura eius est
quod cum dormit,
oculos apertos habere
videtur. 		habere: complementary infinitive with videtur
Tertia natura eius est,
cum leaena parit,
catulos suos generat
mortuos,
et custodit eos tribus diebus
donec veniens pater eorum
tertia die
insufflat in faciem eorum
et vivificat eos.

veniens...insufflat: partciple plus verb
(he comes... and blows...)

Patet enim leonum misericordia
exemplis assiduis,
prostratis enim parcunt,
captivos obvios
repatriare permittunt.

enim: postpositive particle
repatriare: complementary infinitive with permittunt

 
In viros
potius quam in feminas
saeviunt.
Infantes
non nisi in magna fame perimunt.
Rotarum timent strepitus
et magis ignes
et cum timeantur ab omnibus,
gallum timent album.

rotarum...strepitus: split phrase

timeantur: subjunctive plus cum
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