- C1-T Τέττιξ καὶ μύρμηκες.
C1-1 Χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ τὸν σῖτον βραχέντα οἱ μύρμηκες ἔψυχον.
C1-2 Τέττιξ δὲ λιμώττων ᾔτει αὐτοὺς τροφήν.
C1-3 Οἱ δὲ μύρμηκες εἶπον αὐτῷ· Διὰ τί τὸ θέρος οὐ συνῆγες καὶ σὺ τροφήν;
C1-4 Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· Οὐκ ἐσχόλαζον, ἀλλ' ᾖδον μουσικῶς.
C1-5 Οἱ δὲ γελάσαντες εἶπον· Ἀλλ' εἰ θέρους ὥραις ηὔλεις, χειμῶνος ὀρχοῦ.
C1-M Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ ὅτι οὐ δεῖ τινα ἀμελεῖν ἐν παντὶ πράγματι, ἵνα μὴ λυπηθῇ καὶ κινδυνεύσῃ.
The only song οἱ μύρμηκες would hear, it seems, would go something like:
I think βραχέντα has to be modifying σῖτον here – they were ‘drying out the wet wheat’. However, the participle is not in the attributive position and the cases don't match. I'm assuming βραχέντα is - Participle / neuter / nom or accusative / plural / aorist / passive - from βρέχω. What else could βραχέντα be?Robert Frost wrote:No memory of having starred
Atones for later disregard
Or keeps the end from being hard.
Better to go down dignified
With boughten friendship at your side
Than none at all. Provide, provide!