Aristíppum philósophum
rogávit quidam,
ut fílium suum erudíret.
Cum vero ille,
pro mercéde,
petiísset quingéntas drachmas,
pater,
detérritus prétio
quod
aváro et rudi hómini
nímium videbátur,
dixit,
"Tanto prétio
émere possum mancípium."
Tum philósophus,
"Eme," inquit,
"et habébis duo."
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TEXT SOURCE: First Easy Latin Reading Book - Anecdotes, by Edmund Fowle (1877). Vocabulary Lists in back of book.
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