apologus
τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀφορμὴ τοῦ κακῶς φρονεῖν τοῖς ἀνοήτοις γίγνεται → undeserved success engenders folly in unbalanced minds
Latin > English
apologus apologi N M :: narrative, story; fable, tale
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăpŏlŏgus: i, m., = ἀπολογος.
I A narrative: apologum agere, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 32; so id. ib. 4, 1, 38 and 64.—More freq.,
II A fable after the manner of Æsop, an apologue' narrationes apologorum, Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 264; so id. Inv. 1, 17; Auct. ad Her. 1, 6; Quint. 6, 3, 45; Gell. 2, 29.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
apŏlŏgus, ī, m. (ἀπόλογος), récit fictif : Pl. St. 538 || apologue, fable : Cic. de Or. 2, 264.
Latin > German (Georges)
apologus, ī, m. (ἀπόλογος), die allegorische Erzählung, insbes. die äsopische Fabel, das Märchen, Plaut. Stich. 538 sqq. Cornif. rhet. 1, 10. Cic. de inv. 1, 25. Suet. rhet. 1: narrationes apologorum, Cic. de or. 2, 264: in apologis et quibusdam historiis, Quint. 6, 3, 44.
