27. Leo Inclusus et Vulpes. Vulpes, prope leonem inclusum stans, multis eum lacerabat contumeliis. Leo respondet, “Tu quidem nulla me iniuria afficis, sed adversa quam nunc experior fortuna.”
Image Source:
Indiana Wildlife Preserve.
M0027 = Perry409. Source: Syntipas 17 (translated into Latin). This is Perry 409. Compare the story of the kid on the rooftop, #329.
Tu quidem nulla me iniuria afficis
ReplyDeletesed adversa quam nunc experior fortuna
You affect me with no injury
but that which I suffer by adverse fortune?
Am I right? Putting quam after adversa really messes with my head!
I take it this way:
ReplyDeleteTu quidem nulla me iniuria afficis
sed adversa-quam-nunc-experior-fortuna [me iniuria afficit].
it's not you that troubles me, but my bad luck.