Dē Lupō et Sue


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Parturiēbat Sūs;
pollicētur Lupus sē custōdem fore fētus.
Respondet Puerpera Lupī obsequiō sē nōn egēre,
ōratque, sī velit pius habērī, longius abeat;
Lupī enim benevolentia constābat
nōn praesentiā, sed absentiā.


Preposition: De (ablative)

Nouns: lupo et sue

Verb: Parturiebat (imperfect tense)

Verb: Pollicetur (deponent verb)

Personal pronoun: se

Sentence pattern: Se custodem fore (accusative with infinitive)

Word order

Noun: Fetus (4th declension)

verb: respondet

adjective as noun: puerpera

Adverbial phrase: lupi obsequio (ablative)

Conjunction: non

Verb: Egere (with ablative)

Sentence pattern: Si velit (condition with subjunctive)

Verb: Abi (imperative)

Sentence pattern: Pius haberi (passive infinitive)

Adverb: Longe, longius

Sentence pattern: Oratque (ut) abeat (with subjunctive)

Conjunction: enim

Verb: Constabat (imperfect)

Noun: benevolentia (nominative); Praesentia; absentia (ablative)

Conjunction: Sed


Morale
Non sunt cuncta cunctis credenda;
multi enim suam operam pollicentur non tui amore, sed sui,
suum quaerentes commodum, non tuum.



Lupus et Sus

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