Exempla antiqua

Classical and Medieval Latin examples for learners

De rana et bove

Drawing of a cow and two frogs with Latin caption

Dē rānā et bove

Inops potentem dum vult imitari perit.

In prato quondam rana conspexit bovem,
et tacta invidia tantae magnitudinis
rugosam inflavit pellem; tum natos suos
interrogavit an bove esset latior.
illi negarunt. rursus intendit cutem
maiore nisu, et simili quaesivit modo,
quis maior esset. illi dixerunt bovem.
novissime indignata, dum vult validius
inflare sese, rupto iacuit corpore.

Phaedrus 1.24

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