Calopus, ut Physiologus dicit, animal acerrimum est, ita ut nec a venatoribus possit appropinquari. Cornua longa habet serre figuram habentia, ita ut possit altas arbores secando deicere. Cum sitit, ad flumen Eufratem bibit. Est autem ibi frutex herichina virgultis subtilibus et prolixis. Cui dum adveniens cornibus alludit, ipsa cornua obligat in virgultis pugnansque diu nec liberare se valens exclamat horrifice. Cuius voce venator audita accurens herentem occidit.<\/p>\n
Concerning the calopus.\u00a0<\/strong>The calopus, as Physiologus says, is the fiercest animal, so that no hunter is able to get close to it. The Calopus has long serrated horns and it is able to bring down tall trees by cutting. When thirsty, it drinks at the Euphrates river. However, there is there a bush that is bristly with delicate and abundant branches. When the Calopus approaches it, while playing with its horns, the Calopus binds its own horns in the branches and both fighting for a long time and not being able to free itself, it cries out horribly. With the Calopus\u2019s voice having been heard, a hunter runs towards it and kills the stuck creature. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n acer, is, e <\/strong>adj.\u00a0sharp; fierce<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n acurro, accurare, accuravi, accuratus<\/strong>\u00a01\u00a0take care of; attend to<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n appropinquo, approprinqaure, appropinquavi, appropinquatus <\/strong>1\u00a0to be close; to approach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n autem<\/strong>\u00a0adv. on the other hand; contrarily<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n frutex, is <\/strong>n.\u00a0bush; growth<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n hereo,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>herere, hesi, hesus<\/strong> 2 to be stuck; in a sticky situation<\/em><\/p>\n herichina<\/strong>\u00a0implies\u00a0“bristly\u201d; also look at<\/em>\u00a0ericius, i <\/strong>n.\/m.\u00a0hedgehog<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n obligo, obligare, obligavi, obligatus<\/strong>\u00a01 bind<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n seco, secare, secavi, secatus<\/strong>\u00a01 sever; divide in two; split<\/em><\/p>\n serra <\/strong>adj.\u00a0shaped like a saw; serrated<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n subtilis, subtile <\/strong>adj.\u00a0delicate; slender<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n sirgultum, virgulti <\/strong>n. brushwood<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n venator, venatoris <\/strong>n.\/m.\u00a0hunter<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Calopus does not actually exist. It is a mythical creature said to be found in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n Euphrates River<\/em>: longest river in Western Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n N.B.:<\/em>\u00a0many sentences were passive in Latin but translated as active in English to help with clarification; particularly sentences 1-4.<\/p>\n Serre<\/em> = serrae<\/em>; implied to mean \u201cshaped like a saw\u201d which can be translated as \u201cserrated\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n Herichina<\/em>: Implied to mean \u201cBristly\u201d from a Greek word of the same definition.; related to ericius, erici(i) (n.\/m.):<\/strong>\u00a0“hedgehog”; “<\/span>beam thickly studded with iron spikes as a military barrier”.<\/p>\n Colopus should be inserted at the end of sentence 1 and beginning of sentence 2; ita is in reference to the Calopus.<\/span><\/p>\n Acerrimum<\/em>: superlative of acer; used as an adjective to mean “fiercest”.<\/p>\n secando<\/em>: gerundive; “By cutting”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Calopus, ut Physiologus dicit, animal acerrimum est, ita ut nec a venatoribus possit appropinquari. Cornua longa habet serre figuram habentia, ita ut possit altas arbores secando deicere. Cum sitit, ad flumen Eufratem bibit. Est autem ibi frutex herichina virgultis subtilibus et prolixis. Cui dum adveniens cornibus alludit, ipsa cornua obligat in virgultis pugnansque diu nec… Continue reading De calopo<\/span> Vocabulary<\/h1>\n
deicio, deicere, dejeci, dejectus<\/strong> 3\u00a0cause to fall<\/em><\/pre>\n
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