Legenda: Cignus, Serpens et Mustela

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The story of The Swan, The Serpent and The Weasel is adapted from the Liber Kalilae et Dimnae.

You can read some background information about the origins of the Kalila-wa-Dimna tradition in this background page about the Hitopadesha (another book in the Kalila-wa-Dimna tradition). You might also want to look at the Kalilag and Damnag article at wikipedia. You can read some background information about the origins of the Kalila-wa-Dimna tradition in this background page about the Hitopadesha (another book in the Kalila-wa-Dimna tradition). You might also want to look at the Kalilag and Damnag article at wikipedia.

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Quidam cignus manebat in quodam loco prope serpentem et quotiens pariebat pullos, serpens eos comedebat.
Cignus autem ob dulcedinem illius loci nolebat inde recedere.	autem: postpositive recedere: complementary infinitive with nolebat
Quidam cancer audiens damnum eius dixit ei: "Quare video te sic tristem?"	audiens...dixit: participle plus verb (heard... and said...)
Cignus autem dixit ei omnia quae passus fuerat a serpente.	autem: postpositive quae: relative pronoun, antecedent is omnia
Tunc cancer ostendit ei quoddam foramen oppositum foramini serpentis, dicens:	ostendit...dicens: participle plus verb (showed... and said...)
"In hoc foramine est quaedam mustela quae multum inimicatur serpenti.	quae: relative pronoun, antecedent is mustela
Perge igitur et porta pisces et pone eos infra foramen serpentis et mustelae, et mustela ad comedendum pisces egrediens inveniet foramen serpentis et occidet eum".	igitur: postpositive egrediens...inveniet: participle plus verb (will come out ... and will find...)
Haec faciente cigno exivit mustela et comedit pisces.	faciente cigno: ablative absolute
Iterum est egressa mustela et non invenit pisces nisi cignum;
cignum igitur comedit, et filios eius quoque.	igitur: postpositive