And as when an ass that passes by a cornfield gets the better of boys—a lazy ass about whose ribs many a cudgel is broken, and he goes in and wastes the deep grain,
ὡς δ' ὅτ' ὄνος παρ' ἄρουραν ἰὼν ἐβιήσατο παῖδας νωθής , ᾧ δὴ πολλὰ περὶ ῥόπαλ' ἀμφὶς ἐάγῃ , κείρει τ' εἰσελθὼν βαθὺ λήϊον · [1] [0]
ὡς δέ ὅτι ὄνος παρά ἄρουρα εἶμι βιάω παῖς νωθής , ὅς δή πολύς περί ῥόπαλον ἀμφίς ἄγνυμι , κείρω τε εἰσέρχομαι βαθύς λήιον ·