Legenda: Proverbia de Asinis et Ceteris Bestiis

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Proverbia de Asinis et Ceteris Bestiis

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These proverbs are all about the Donkey (Asinus) in comparison with other animals, such as the ox, the horse, etc.

For more information about the donkey in Latin bestiaries, visit the Asinus in the Zoo. If you find some of the proverbs below difficult to understand, you will find some English translations at the Zoo page, along with many other proverbs!

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Non arabis in bove simul et asino.	asino = in asino
Bovem asino non iunges.
Si bovem non possis, asinum agas.	possis: subjunctive with si agas: subjunctive as imperative
O tempora tetra, quibus non boves sed asini arant!	tetra = taetra
A bove ante, ab asino retro, a muliere undique caveto.
Ab equis ad asinos transeunt stulti.
Ab asinis ad boves.
Si deficit equus, lassus conscendit asellum.	lassus = lassus homo
Asini cauda non facit cribrum.	Note: Sieves were made with fine horsehair, not the coarse hair of a donkey.
Asinum sub freno currere doces.	currere: complementary infinitive with doces
Asini lanam quaeris.
Asinum tondes.
Cani das paleas, asino ossa.
Camelus, vel scabiosa, complurimum asinorum gestat onera.