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M0016 = Perry339. Source: Heidelberg 8. This is Perry 339. For another version of the “lion’s share,” see #31. See also the hypocrisy of the ruler of the wolf pack, #93.
16. Lion, Cow, She-Goat, and Sheep. A lion, cow, she-goat, and sheep once formed a union. When they had caught a very large stag, the lion divided the prize into four equal parts. Then he spoke as follows: The first part is mine because I am a lion; you will award the second part to me because I am the strongest; I take the third part for myself on account of my exceedingly hard work; who might touch the fourth part will arouse my wrath." Thus the lion alone took the whole prize.
qui tetigerit, iram meam excitabit.”
ReplyDeleteLovely example of indefinite through tense structure, perfect then (im)perfect.
the future tense in Latin is such a strange business, but then it is a strange business in every I-E language, since all the languages had to make it up when they decided they wanted to have a future tense
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