Gudius 28: The Ant and the Grasshopper

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illustration by J. Grandville

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Errabam _____ per saepes et pascua.
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cantans

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Formica grana e cavo trahens siccabat QUAE collegerat aestate.
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neuter accusative plural

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_____ quid agebas?
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aestate

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Aestate quae CANTASTI, age, salta frigore.
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canto

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Ridens, formica grana REFERT.
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refero

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Formica prudens grana COLLEGERAT aestate.
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colligo

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Hiemis Formica GRANA tempore e cavo trahens siccabat.
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neuter accusative plural

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Esuriens Formicam, ut aliquid _____ daret, rogat Cicada.
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sibi

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Non erat otium, ut de futuro COGITAREM tempore.
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cogito

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Esuriens Formicam, ut aliquid sibi DARET, rogat Cicada.
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3rd-person singular imperfect active subjunctive

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Hiemis Formica grana tempore e cavo TRAHENS siccabat.
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present active participle, feminine nominative singular

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_____, formica grana refert.
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ridens

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Non erat otium, ut de futuro cogitarem TEMPORE.
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neuter ablative singular

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RIDENS, formica grana refert.
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rideo

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Formica PRUDENS grana collegerat aestate.
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feminine nominative singular

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Aestate quae cantasti, age, SALTA frigore.
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present active imperative

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Formica grana e cavo trahens SICCABAT quae collegerat aestate.
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sicco

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ERRABAM cantans per saepes et pascua.
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1st-person singular imperfect active indicative

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Errabam CANTANS per saepes et pascua.
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canto

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Non erat otium, ut de futuro cogitarem TEMPORE.
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tempus

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Esuriens Formicam, ut aliquid sibi DARET, rogat Cicada.
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do

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Hiemis Formica grana collecta ______ siccabat.
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tempore

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Aestate quae cantasti, age, SALTA frigore.
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salto

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Formica prudens grana collegerat ______.
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aestate

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Non erat otium, ut de futuro _____ tempore.
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cogitarem

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Ridens, formica GRANA refert.
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neuter accusative plural

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Aestate quid AGEBAS?
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2nd-person singular imperfect active indicative

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Formica prudens grana COLLEGERAT aestate.
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3rd-person singular pluprefect active indicative

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Non erat otium, ut de futuro cogitarem _____.
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tempore

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Errabam cantans per saepes et PASCUA.
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neuter accusative plural

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Formica grana e cavo _____ siccabat.
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trahens

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Aestate quae cantasti, age, salta _____.
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frigore

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Hiemis Formica GRANA tempore e cavo trahens siccabat.
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granum

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Esuriens _____, ut aliquid sibi daret, rogat Cicada.
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Formicam

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HIEMIS Formica grana tempore e cavo trahens siccabat.
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hiems

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Formica grana e cavo trahens SICCABAT quae collegerat aestate.
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3rd-person singular imperfect active indicative

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Aestate quae CANTASTI, age, salta frigore.
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2nd-person singular perfect active indicative

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Non erat otium, ut de futuro COGITAREM tempore.
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1st-person singular imperfect active subjunctive

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Formica prudens grana collegerat AESTATE.
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aestas

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RIDENS, formica grana refert.
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present active participle, feminine nominative singular

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Aestate quid AGEBAS?
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ago

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illustration by J. Grandville