A Latin Reader

20. The Perils of Expansion

In prātō quon­dam rāna bovem cōn­spēx­it. Tāc­ta invidiā tan­tae mag­nitū­di­nis, rūgōsam Inflāvit pellem, et fīliōs suōs inter­rogāvit, utrum lātior quam bōs esset. Illī negāvērunt. Rūr­sus inten­dit cutem maiōre nisū. et sim­ilī modō quae­siv­it, uter maior esset. Illi respondērunt bovem esse maiōrem. Tum, dum rāna vult valid­ius sēsē Inflāre, rup­tō iacuit cor­pore.

Per­fect par­tici­ple of tangō, touch.

wrin­kled. The word is made from rūga, a wrin­kle, and the suf­fix -ōsa, which means full of.

Sub­junc­tive in an indi­rect question.

said no.

Sub­junc­tive in an indi­rect question,

rup­tō cor­pore: with body burst, rup­tō is the per­fect par­tici­ple of rumpō.