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Irenaeus Fable 80: Lepus et Vulpes

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Barlow Fables at NoDictionaries.com, 1-30

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Thanks to the great tool at NoDictionaries.com, I'm creating word lists for the fables in the Aesop's Fables in Latin book. A few words are not included in the word lists and I've noted those below. :-)

Barlow 1.DE LEAENA ET VULPE.

Barlow 2.DE CANE ET BOVE. Missing from the list is elatro, elatrare: bark, start barking.

Barlow 3.DE PARTU MONTIUM.

Barlow 4.DE MURE URBANO ET MURE RUSTICO. The word list does not recognize the compound word secum = cum se.

Barlow 5.DE CORNICE ET URNA. Several undefined words: sitibundus: thirsty; profundior, as the comparative form of profundus, deep; lapillulus, a diminutive form of lapis, stone; and iniecto, inectare: toss in.

Barlow 6.DE ACCIPITRE ET LUSCINIA.

Barlow 7.DE PAVONE ET GRUE. A couple of undefined words: formosior, the comparative of formosus: beautiful; supervolito, supervolitare: flitter, fly over

Barlow 8.DE AVIBUS ET QUADRUPEDIBUS.

Barlow 9.DE VULPE ET PARDO.

Barlow 10.DE RUSTICO ET SILVA. The word list did not recognize annitere, imperative form of the deponent verb annitor: strive, strain, try.

Barlow 11.DE RUSTICO ET ARATRO SUO.

Barlow 12.DE PASTORIS PUERO ET AGRICOLIS. The word list did not recognize exciebat, from excieo, exciere: to rouse, summon, stir up.

Barlow 13.DE LUPIS ET OVIBUS. The word list did not recognize lupulus, a diminutive of lupus: wolf.

Barlow 14.DE RANA ET BOVE.

Barlow 15.DE AUCUPE ET PALUMBE. The word list did not recognize nidulans: nesting.

Barlow 16.DE CICADA ET FORMICA.

Barlow 17.DE AGRICOLA ET CICONIA. The word list did not recognize depascor, depasci: feed on, eat up, lay waste.

Barlow 18.DE ACCIPITRE COLUMBAM INSEQUENTE.

Barlow 19.DE VULPECULA ET CICONIA. The word list did not recognize interlapsus, from the verb interlabor, interlabi: to pass by in intervals, slip by

Barlow 20.DE LEONE AMATORIO. The word list did not recognize delicatulus, diminutive form of delicatus: charming, tender, squeamish; and hamatus: hooked, bent.

Barlow 21.DE EQUO ET ASINO. Several words not recognized: proculco, proculcare: trample on; provolo, provolare: rush forward, dash ahead; ornatus (noun): adornment, decoration

Barlow 22.DE VULPE ET LUPO.

Barlow 23.DE LUPO OVIS PELLE INDUTO. The word list doesn't recognize aliquam as the feminine accusative singular of aliquis.

Barlow 24.DE VITULA ET BOVE. The word list did not recognize the noun immolatio: offering, sacrifice, or the form immolareris, imperfect subjunctive, 2nd person singular passive, from immolo: to sacrifice, offer in sacrifice.

Barlow 25.DE AUCUPE ET PERDICE. The word list did not recognize the adverb supplicabunde: in a pleading tone; and it did not recognize allecturam, future active participle from allicio, allicere: entice, lure

Barlow 26.DE LUPO ET SUE.

Barlow 27.DE MILVO AEGROTO. The word list did not recognize the adverb toties: so many times, so often.

Barlow 28.DE CANE MORDACI.

Barlow 29.DE VULPE ET UVA.

Barlow 30.DE LUPO ET GRUE. The word list did not recognize the dative form grui from grus: crane.

Irenaeus Fable 79: Vulpes et Simia

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Irenaeus Fable 78: Pavo et Luscinia

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Irenaeus Fable 77. De Duobus Equis.

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Irenaeus Fable 76. De Mure in Cista Nato.

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Irenaeus Fable 75: Psittacus et Turtur

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Irenaeus Fable 74. Equus et Asinus

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Irenaeus Fable 73. Avarus, Momento Dives et Pauper.

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Irenaeus Fable 72. Cucurbita et Pinus

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Irenaeus Fable 71. Anus et Daemon

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Irenaeus Fable 70. Puer et Fortuna.

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Irenaeus Fable 69. Agricola et Fortuna

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Irenaeus Fable 68. Fortuna Divitis et Pauperis

laura-gibbs@ou.edu (Laura Gibbs) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:01:00 +0000

I've embarked on a new Latin fable project here at the Latin Via Fables blog: digitizing the 300 fables in the Mithologica sacro-profana, seu florilegium fabularum by P. Irenaeus, published in 1666, which has recently become available at GoogleBooks. For a complete index of the fables in the book, with links to the fables I've digitized so far, check out the Aesopus wiki page at Aesopus.PBwiki.com.

Today's fable is De Fortuna Divitis et Pauperis, the story of how the goddess Fortune regards this world of rich men and poor men. This is not a fable in the Perry index, and I am not familiar with it from any other source. If anyone has information about this fable, please let me know!

To make reading the fable easier, I've provided a segmented version of the story below.

Quidam Praedives, fortunae donis satiatus et cumulatus ad plenum, imo ad nauseam, homini mendico centum aureos nummos obtulit, ut ad Fortunam suam pergeret, longissime degentem; eam suo nomine rogaturus, ut suis beneficiis in se modum metamque poneret. Recusat conditionem Pauper, difficultate longissimi itineris exterritus, sed mox facti paenitens, recipit se facturum. Dives e summa oblata decem nummos detrahit: Pauper negat, postea promittit. Sed etiam alios decem aureos deducit, sicque vicissim, iste minuendo, ille reiiciendo, mox acceptando, eo deventum, ut Pauper, premente inopia, decem aureis contentus ad Fortunam Divitis se conferret, rogitans, ut a largiendis Diviti opibus abstineret, ut pote ipsi molestis, et in se egentem derivaret. Ad quem Fortuna, spretis utriusque postulatis, "Meae divinitatis (inquit) iura nescitis? Dare scilet meas opes nolenti, negare volenti." Libet hunc amplius ditare Divitem, te linquere Pauperem." Addens: "Etiam nummos, quos accepisti, nisi me tunc occupasset somnus, non habuisses." Quod saepe saepius in rebus humanis perspicitur, ut ille volens, nolens ditescat, et augeatur; iste in dies minuatur, et quidquid aget, fiat pauperior.

Quidam Praedives,
fortunae donis satiatus
et cumulatus ad plenum,
imo ad nauseam,
homini mendico
centum aureos nummos obtulit,
ut ad Fortunam suam pergeret,
longissime degentem;
eam
suo nomine rogaturus,
ut suis beneficiis
in se
modum metamque poneret.
Recusat conditionem Pauper,
difficultate longissimi itineris exterritus,
sed mox facti paenitens,
recipit se facturum.
Dives
e summa oblata
decem nummos detrahit:
Pauper negat,
postea promittit.
Sed etiam alios decem aureos deducit,
sicque vicissim,
iste minuendo,
ille reiiciendo,
mox acceptando,
eo deventum,
ut Pauper, premente inopia,
decem aureis contentus
ad Fortunam Divitis
se conferret,
rogitans,
ut a largiendis Diviti opibus abstineret,
ut pote ipsi molestis,
et in se egentem derivaret.
Ad quem Fortuna,
spretis utriusque postulatis,
"Meae divinitatis (inquit) iura
nescitis?
Dare scilet meas opes nolenti,
negare volenti."
Libet
hunc amplius ditare Divitem,
te linquere Pauperem."
Addens:
"Etiam nummos, quos accepisti,
nisi me tunc occupasset somnus,
non habuisses."
Quod saepe saepius
in rebus humanis perspicitur,
ut ille volens, nolens ditescat,
et augeatur;
iste in dies minuatur,
et quidquid aget, fiat pauperior.

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Irenaeus Fable 67. Piscatores.

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Irenaeus Fable 66. Pauper et Thesaurus.

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Irenaeus Fable 65. Vaticinator.

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Irenaeus Fable 64. Mercurius et Tiresias.

laura-gibbs@ou.edu (Laura Gibbs) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:00:00 +0000

I've embarked on a new Latin fable project here at the Latin Via Fables blog: digitizing the 300 fables in the Mithologica sacro-profana, seu florilegium fabularum by P. Irenaeus, published in 1666, which has recently become available at GoogleBooks. For a complete index of the fables in the book, with links to the fables I've digitized so far, check out the Aesopus wiki page at Aesopus.PBwiki.com.

Today's fable is Mercurius et Tiresias, the story of how the god Mercury decided to test the soothsaying powers of the sage Tiresias. In Perry's indexing system, this is Perry 89 .

To make reading the fable easier, I've provided a segmented version of the story below.

Tiresiae vatis, augurandi scientia nulli secundi, Mercurius, artem probaturus, formam hominis induit et, abactis eius bobus, qui prope moenia urbis in agro pascebant, venit ad eum, quasi aliquid ab eo sciscitaturus. Illis confabulantibus venit nuncius, qui Tiresiae boves suos amissos dixit. Tunc ille, assumpto Mercurio, prodit foras, in locum editum de avium volatu augurium capturus. Et quia caecus esset, petit a Mercurio, num avem aliquam cernat. "Video Aquilam (inquit) a laeva ad dextram volantem." "Nihil illa ad nos," infit Tiresias; "Observemus aliam." Tum secundo. "Video (ait Mercurius) Cornicem, quae modo rostrum in caelum, modo in terram versus, tendit." Tunc Tiresias, "Haec Cornix sine dubio contestatur caelum et terram, si tu velis meos me boves recepturum." Haec, ut praecedentes, artis divinatoriae vanitatem ostendunt.

Tiresiae vatis,
augurandi scientia
nulli secundi,
Mercurius,
artem probaturus,
formam hominis induit
et, abactis eius bobus,
qui
prope moenia urbis
in agro pascebant,
venit ad eum,
quasi aliquid ab eo sciscitaturus.
Illis confabulantibus
venit nuncius,
qui
Tiresiae
boves suos amissos
dixit.
Tunc ille,
assumpto Mercurio,
prodit foras,
in locum editum
de avium volatu
augurium capturus.
Et quia caecus esset,
petit a Mercurio,
num avem aliquam cernat.
"Video Aquilam (inquit)
a laeva ad dextram volantem."
"Nihil illa ad nos,"
infit Tiresias;
"Observemus aliam."
Tum secundo.
"Video (ait Mercurius) Cornicem,
quae
modo rostrum in caelum,
modo in terram versus, tendit."
Tunc Tiresias,
"Haec Cornix sine dubio
contestatur caelum et terram,
si tu velis
meos me boves recepturum."
Haec, ut praecedentes,
artis divinatoriae vanitatem ostendunt.

Here's an illustration for the fable (image source), showing Mercury depicted on an old Italian banknote:

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Irenaeus Fable 63. Mulier Venefica.

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Irenaeus Fable 62. Boves Somniantes.

laura-gibbs@ou.edu (Laura Gibbs) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000

I've embarked on a new Latin fable project here at the Latin Via Fables blog: digitizing the 300 fables in the Mithologica sacro-profana, seu florilegium fabularum by P. Irenaeus, published in 1666, which has recently become available at GoogleBooks. For a complete index of the fables in the book, with links to the fables I've digitized so far, check out the Aesopus wiki page at Aesopus.PBwiki.com.

Today's fable is De Bobus Somniantibus, the story of some oxen made hopeful by their auspicious dreams. This is not a fable in the Perry index, and I am not familiar with it from any other source. If anyone has information about this fable, please let me know!

To make reading the fable easier, I've provided a segmented version of the story below.

Bubulcus mane ingressus stabulum et solvens Boves, ut adaquatum duceret, invenit eos solito hilariores. Interrogavit quid esset et quae causa ipsis laetitiae? Illi, non sine causa, inquiunt, "Exultanmus; scimus enim nos hodie vacaturos." "Vacaturos? (ait) Sed unde hoc scitis?" Respondent, "Quia sic fore hac nocte somniavimus. Nec tantum feriaturos, sed et in optimis pascuis diem acturos." "Si somniastis (inquit), male somniastis; aut ego aliter etiam somniavi; scilicet hanc diem integram vos araturos. Et experimento probabitis vana esse vestra, et plerumque aliorum, somnia." Moxque coepit eos subiugum mittere et vomerem aratro aptare. Quo illi tristes effecti, "Heu (dicebant), quam subito spes nostrae, mendacio fultae, vanuerunt; quis credat deinceps in somniis?"

Bubulcus
mane ingressus stabulum
et solvens Boves,
ut adaquatum duceret,
invenit eos solito hilariores.
Interrogavit
quid esset
et quae causa
ipsis laetitiae?
Illi, non sine causa, inquiunt,
"Exultanmus;
scimus enim nos hodie vacaturos."
"Vacaturos? (ait)
Sed unde hoc scitis?"
Respondent,
"Quia sic fore
hac nocte somniavimus.
Nec tantum feriaturos,
sed et in optimis pascuis diem acturos."
"Si somniastis (inquit),
male somniastis;
aut ego aliter etiam somniavi;
scilicet hanc diem integram
vos araturos.
Et experimento
probabitis
vana esse
vestra, et plerumque aliorum, somnia."
Moxque coepit eos subiugum mittere
et vomerem aratro aptare.
Quo illi tristes effecti,
"Heu (dicebant),
quam subito
spes nostrae, mendacio fultae,
vanuerunt;
quis credat deinceps in somniis?"

Here's an illustration for the fable (image source), showing some cattle, asleep:

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Irenaeus Fable 61. Pater et Filius

laura-gibbs@ou.edu (Laura Gibbs) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:00:00 +0000

I've embarked on a new Latin fable project here at the Latin Via Fables blog: digitizing the 300 fables in the Mithologica sacro-profana, seu florilegium fabularum by P. Irenaeus, published in 1666, which has recently become available at GoogleBooks. For a complete index of the fables in the book, with links to the fables I've digitized so far, check out the Aesopus wiki page at Aesopus.PBwiki.com.

Today's fable is De Patre et Filio, the story of a father who thought he could outwit the fate destined for his son. In Perry's indexing system, this is Perry 363 .

To make reading the fable easier, I've provided a segmented version of the story below. For help in reading the story, try pasting the text into NoDictionaries.com (more tips here).

Cuidam viro erat unicus Filius, unice dilectus, qui cum venationis amore ardentissime teneretur, et Pater inde vitae Fiii exitium pertimesceret, contigit ut ipsum a leone interfici somniaret, quo exterritus et ratus omen fatale Filio, statuit hac arte providere: extructo amplissimo amoenissimoque palatio, in quo praeter hortos pulcherrimos, ambulacra, et porticus, aedes curavit extrui, et miro in iis artificio depingi species omnium animalium, praecipue ferarum, venationes omnis generis, in quo Filium, nulla non arte oblectandum, custodiret, sed ille detineri impatiens, edoctus causam suae tam arctae custodiae, ac pertaesus, cum aliquando picturis huiusmodi intendisset, vidit leonem depictum in pariete, in quem excandescens et iuveniliter saeviens, "Tu ne es causa (ait), o truculenta bestia, meae captivitatis?" Et haec dicens, pugnum muro tam fortiter incussit, putans oculum leoni effodere, ut manus clavo, qui ibi forte latebat, contusa, emarcuerit, unde febris subsecuta eum brevi tumulo infoderit. Quo eventu Pater eius, praeter modum consternatus, dicebat, "Heu! Me miserum, qui duram fati Filii mei necessitatem putans impedire aut avertere, imprudens maturavi." Adeo fati vis et necessitas est insuperabilis.

Cuidam viro
erat unicus Filius,
unice dilectus,
qui cum
venationis amore ardentissime teneretur,
et Pater inde
vitae Fiii exitium pertimesceret,
contigit ut
ipsum a leone interfici somniaret,
quo exterritus
et ratus omen fatale Filio,
statuit hac arte providere:
extructo amplissimo amoenissimoque palatio,
in quo praeter hortos pulcherrimos, ambulacra, et porticus,
aedes curavit extrui,
et miro in iis artificio
depingi species omnium animalium,
praecipue ferarum,
venationes omnis generis,
in quo
Filium, nulla non arte oblectandum, custodiret,
sed ille
detineri impatiens,
edoctus causam suae tam arctae custodiae,
ac pertaesus,
cum aliquando picturis huiusmodi intendisset,
vidit leonem depictum in pariete,
in quem excandescens
et iuveniliter saeviens,
"Tu ne es causa (ait),
o truculenta bestia,
meae captivitatis?"
Et haec dicens,
pugnum muro tam fortiter incussit,
putans oculum leoni effodere,
ut manus
clavo, qui ibi forte latebat, contusa,
emarcuerit,
unde febris subsecuta
eum brevi tumulo infoderit.
Quo eventu
Pater eius,
praeter modum consternatus,
dicebat,
"Heu! Me miserum,
qui
duram fati Filii mei necessitatem
putans impedire aut avertere,
imprudens maturavi."
Adeo fati vis
et necessitas
est insuperabilis.

Here's an illustration for the fable (image source):

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Aesopus Simplicissimus: Taurus et Mus

laura-gibbs@ou.edu (Laura Gibbs) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:01:00 +0000

The Tar Heel Reader project has inspired me to start writing some fables I'm labeling Aesopus Simplicissimus. I'll be publishing those fables here - sometimes with an accompanying reader at Tar Heel, and sometimes just the text on its own. You can read more about this "Simplicissimus" project in this earlier post, and see all the "Simplicissimus" fables here.

For today, the fable is Taurus et Mus, a story about a bull who was thwarted by a tiny mouse. You can find materials and resources for this fable at the Aesopus Wiki - and you can also see the illustrated versions at Tar Heel Reader. Here is the fable in simple prose:

Taurus humi stratus est. Mus forte Tauri crura momórdit. Taurus ruit et petit hostem suum córnibus. Sed córnua vibrat frustra! Murem Taurus cérnere non potest, quod herba densa Murem tegit.

Sic salvus, Mus Tauro dicit: "Ne párvula spernas! Ego, qui sum parvulus Mus, te impúne lacésso, quamvis grandis sis. Tu, máximus, a me, mínimo, laesus es."

Fabula docet: Quamvis Taurus sis, cave parvulum Murem!

Here's an illustration for the fable (image source) from a 15th-century edition of Aesop's fables:

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Irenaeus Fabula 60. Asinus Silvestris

laura-gibbs@ou.edu (Laura Gibbs) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:01:00 +0000

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Aesopus Simplicissimus: Rusticus et Hercules

laura-gibbs@ou.edu (Laura Gibbs) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:01:00 +0000

The Tar Heel Reader project has inspired me to start writing some fables I'm labeling Aesopus Simplicissimus. I'll be publishing those fables here - sometimes with an accompanying reader at Tar Heel, and sometimes just the text on its own. You can read more about this "Simplicissimus" project in this earlier post, and see all the "Simplicissimus" fables here.

For today, the fable is Rusticus et Hercules, an old Aesop's fable about how "God helps them that help themselves." You can find materials and resources for this fable at the Aesopus Wiki - including Tar Heel Reader versions. Here is the fable:

Ecce Rústicus! Rústicus currum habet. Ecce lutum! In via est lutum profúndum. In via lutósa, Rústici currus omnino haeret.

Rústicus valde frustrátus est! In lutum súbsidit et Deum implórat: "O Hércules, te implóro: audi mea vota! Propítius ádiuva me quod currus meus in luto haeret!"

De caelo Hércules ómnia videt. Currum in luto videt et rústicum pigrum. Deus íntonat: "Nunc surge, O piger, et ágita equum! Currum impélle víribus tuis! Ádmove manus - tum demum Hércules tibi propítius erit."

Fábula docet: Otiósa vota Deus non audit.

Here's an illustration for the fable (image source):

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Irenaeus Fabula 59. De Cane ad cenam eunte.

laura-gibbs@ou.edu (Laura Gibbs) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:01:00 +0000

I've embarked on a new Latin fable project here at the Latin Via Fables blog: digitizing the 300 fables in the Mithologica sacro-profana, seu florilegium fabularum by P. Irenaeus, published in 1666, which has recently become available at GoogleBooks. For a complete index of the fables in the book, with links to the fables I've digitized so far, check out the Aesopus wiki page at Aesopus.PBwiki.com.

Today's fable is De Cane ad cenam eunte, the story of the dog's adventure when he attended a banquet. In Perry's indexing system, this is Perry 328.

To make reading the fable easier, I've provided a segmented version of the story below.

Invitarat quidam Civis Amicum suum ad convivium opiparum, cuius Canis etiam eiusdem Amici Canem ad cenam invitavit. Is, spe futuri prandii lauti, ut sperabat, diem abstinuit, ut ventrem copiosius ac genialius infarciret; condicta igitur hora cum hero ad convivii locum veniens praecucurrit, cauda prae laetitia gestiens, et ut moris est Canum, statim in culinam penetravit, quem Coquus cauda prehensum, Te unum, inquit, O bona bestia! expectabamus ad cenam; sed quia nondum carnes sufficienter assata sunt, tantillum exeundum est foras, sicque illum rotans, per fenestram proiecit: ille ex casu paene exanimis, ac resurgendo exclamans, accurrentibus ad se canibus, petentibusque quam laute cenasset, tam bene, inquit, pastus sum, ut vix qua exierim viam adverterim. Haec fabula carpit inanes expectationes hominum, qui ad primam degustandae voluptatis umbran procurrentes, miseri saepe falluntur.

Invitarat quidam Civis
Amicum suum
ad convivium opiparum,
cuius Canis etiam
eiusdem Amici Canem
ad cenam invitavit.
Is,
spe futuri prandii lauti,
ut sperabat,
diem abstinuit,
ut ventrem
copiosius ac genialius infarciret;
condicta igitur hora
cum hero
ad convivii locum veniens
praecucurrit,
cauda prae laetitia gestiens,
et ut moris est Canum,
statim in culinam penetravit,
quem Coquus cauda prehensum,
Te unum, inquit,
O bona bestia!
expectabamus ad cenam;
sed quia
nondum carnes
sufficienter assata sunt,
tantillum exeundum est foras,
sicque illum rotans,
per fenestram proiecit:
ille ex casu paene exanimis,
ac resurgendo exclamans,
accurrentibus ad se canibus,
petentibusque quam laute cenasset,
tam bene, inquit, pastus sum,
ut vix
qua exierim
viam adverterim.
Haec fabula carpit
inanes expectationes hominum,
qui
ad primam degustandae voluptatis umbran
procurrentes,
miseri saepe falluntur.

Here's an illustration for the fable (image source), showing a dog being tossed in the air:

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