Category: Short Stories

Fabulae, virginibus puerisque aut narrandae aut recitandae

Appleton, R. B. (Reginald Bainbridge), 1886-1938 · 9 chapters · 27,326 words

[Transcriber's Notes: This text marks a few vowels as long which are considered short by the Oxford Latin Dictionary/OLD (or vice versa). This affects the following words: (i) the text uses 'īmmō' (long i); OLD considers 'immō' (short i) correct. (ii) the text uses 'fūscus' (l...

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[Transcriber's Notes: This text marks a few vowels as long which are considered short by the Oxford Latin Dictionary/OLD (or vice versa). This affects the following words: (i) the text uses 'īmmō' (long i); OLD considers 'immō' (short i) correct. (ii) the text uses 'fūscus' (long first u), OLD considers fuscus (short u) correct. (iii) the text uses 'gīgnō' (long i), OLD considers gignō (short i) correct. (iv) the text uses 'līgna' und 'līgneus'(long i), OLD considers ligna, ligneus (short i) correct. (v) 'mīttō' (long i); OLD considers 'mittō' correct. This affects also the corresponding composites. (vi) the text uses 'līttera' (long i), OLD considers 'littera' or 'lītera' correct. (vii)...

Chapters

1. Part 1

[Transcriber's Notes: This text marks a few vowels as long which are considered short by the Oxford Latin Dictionary/OLD (or vice versa). This affects the following words: (i) t...

 7. Part 7

mendīcus, -ī (m.); homō quī vagātur āc sī cuī occurrit hunc in modum eum alloquitur: "Ō benīgne," inquit, "dā mihi, sīs, aliquantulum pecūniae. Septemdecim mīlia passuum hodiē a...

 6. Part 6

3,358 words

 5. Part 5

3,343 words

 8. Part 8

regiōnēs caelī sunt quattuor:‒ [Image: showing septentriōnēs = North, occidēns = West, oriēns = East, merīdiēs = South] (_septentriōnēs_ contrārium quam _merīdiēs_ ubi sōl mediā...

 4. Part 4

Glaucus, Minōis fīlius, dum pilā lūdit in dōlium melle plēnum cecidit; quem cum parentēs quaererent, Apollinem scīscitātī sunt dē puerō. Quibus Apollō ita respondit: Mōnstrum ap...

 3. Part 3

Ōlim Iūppiter et Mercurius, ut quālēs essent mortālēs invenīrent, in hominum figūrās versī, ad Phrygiam sē recēpērunt. Diū mendīcōrum rītū vagābantur; ā nūllō tamen hospitiō exc...

 2. Part 2

Nōn ita multō post dominus meus, cum ut molās versārem nōn efficere posset, duōbus frātribus mē vēndidit, quōrum alter pīstor, coquus alter erat. Hī tabernam quamdam habēbant, u...

 9. Part 9

574 words