A Latin Reader

2. Danger in Discord

In eōdem prātō pāscēban­tur trēs bovēs in max­imā con­cordiā, et sīc ab omnī fer­ārum incur­siōne tūtī erant. Sed dis­sid­i­um ortum est, et sin­guli ā fer­īs laniātī sunt. Mul­tum bonī est in con­cordiā, ut haec fābu­la docet.

From pās­cor, feed. This verb is con­nect­ed with pās­tor, a feed­er or shep­herd. The imper­fect tense here shows that the cat­tle were accus­tomed to feed in this meadow.

From bōs.

I.e. while they act­ed in harmony.

Lit­er­al­ly, sit­ting apart; hence dis­agree­ment.

From ori­or.

one by one or one at a time.

much good. bonī is the Par­ti­tive Genitive.

as.