apologus
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
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.
