Legenda: Corvus et Serpens

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Corvus et Serpens

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The story of The Crow and the Snake 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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Erat corvus quidam qui habebat nidum in foramine cuiusdam montis prope quendam magnum serpentem.	qui: relative pronoun, antecedent is corvus
A serpente omni anno iniusta patiebatur, scilicet quia orbabatur filiis.
Tandem corvus perrexit ad quendam pantherum et ait illi: Frater, te volo habere hodie meum consiliatorem, nam scis quid patior a serpente, quia videtur mihi bonum ut eo dormiente aggrediar, ut exorbitem eum.	habere: complementary infinitive with volo eo dormiente: ablative absolute aggrediar: subjunctive with ut exorbitem: subjunctive with ut
Pantherus dixit: Non habes bonum consilium, sed inquiramus aliud ingenium, ut serpens disperdatur et tu maneas illaesus.	inquiramus: hortatory subjunctive disperdatur...maneas: subjunctives with ut
Unde hortor te diligenter incipere perditionem serpentis eo modo quo docebo te:	incipere: complementary infinitive with hortor quo: relative pronoun with antecedent modo
si potes, altius vola et explora aliqua ornata vestimenta mulierum et aufer illa et fac ut videaris et repone in nido serpentis.	videaris: subjunctive with ut
Et quaerentes vestimenta invenient serpentem et eum occident.	quaerentes...invenient: partciple plus verb (they will seek... and they will find...)
Quod faciens corvus hoc modo vindicavit se de serpente.	quod: relative pronoun without stated antecedent (it stands for the whole business, this series of events) faciens...vindicavit: partciple plus verb (the crow did this... and avenged...)
Sapientia est fortior viribus.