DE CICADA ET FORMICA

Dum per aestātem Cicāda cantat, Formīca suam exercet messem,
trahendo in antra grāna et in hiemem repōnendo.
Saeviente autem brūmā, famēlica Cicāda venit ad Formīcam et mendīcat victum;
renuēbat autem Formīca, dictitāns sēsē labōrāsse, dum illa cantābat.


de: preposition
cicada: tree-cricket; Athenian hair ornament in shape of cicada; summer season
formica: ant
dum: while, as long as, until; provided that
per 
aestas:summer; summer heat/weather; a year
canto, cantare, cantavi, cantatus: sing; play; recite; praise, celebrate; forewarn; enchant, bewitch
suam 
exerceo, exercere, exercui, exercitus exercise, train, drill, practice; enforce, administer; cultivate
messis, messis harvest, crop; harvest time
traho, trahere, traxi, tractus draw, drag, haul; derive, get
in 
antrum, antri cave; cavern; hollow place with overarching foliage; cavity, hollow; tomb
granum, grani grain; seed
hiems, hiemis winter, winter time; rainy season; cold, frost; storm, stormy weather
repono, reponere, reposui, repositus put back; restore; store; repeat
saevio, saevire, saevivi, saevitus rage; rave, bluster; be/act angry/violent/ferocious; vent rage on
autem 
bruma, brumae winter, winter cold/weather; winter solstice; shortest day; sun position then
famelicus, famelica -um, famished, starved; hungry
venio, venire, veni, ventus come
ad 
mendico, mendicare, mendicavi, mendicatus beg for; be a beggar, go begging
victus, victus living, way of life; that which sustains life; nourishment; provisions; diet
renuo, renuere, renui, renutus refuse; disapprove; decline; give a refusal; throw back head/eye/brows as sign
dictito, dictitare, dictitavi, dictitatus repeat; persist in saying, keep on saying/speaking of; say/plead/call often
sese 
laboro, laborare, laboravi, laboratus work, labor; produce, take pains; be troubled/sick/oppressed, be in distress
ille illa illud 


Morale
Multi ita capti sunt libidine gloriae,
ut omnibus sese et praedicent et iactant.
Monet praeterea haec fabula quod
qui segnes sunt in iuventute, egebunt in senecta,
et qui hodie non parcunt, olim mendicabunt.




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