Parva mihi domus est sed ianua semper aperta.
Exiguo sumptu furtiva vivo sagina.
Quod mihi nomen inest, Romae quoque consul habebat.
Solution: Mouse
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Littera sum caeli penna perscripta volanti,
Bella cruenta gerens volucri discrimine Martis;
Nec vereor pugnas, dum non sit longior hostis.
Solution: Crane
Vivo novem vitas, si me non Graecia fallit;
Atraque sum semper nullo conpulsa dolore;
Et non irascens ultro convitia dico.
Solution: Crow
Nox mihi dat nomen primo de tempore noctis.
Pluma mihi non est, cum sit mihi penna volantis;
Sed redeo in tenebris nec me committo diebus.
Solution: Bat
Plena domus spinis, parvi sed corporis hospes;
Incolumi dorso telis confixus acutis
Sustinet armatas segetes habitator inermis.
Solution: Hedgehog
Est nova nostrarum cunctis captura ferarum,
Ut, si quid capias, id tu tibi ferre recuses
Et, quod non capias, tecum tamen ipse reportes.
Solution: Louse
Vita mihi mors est; morior si coepero nasci.
Sed prius est fatum leti quam lucis origo.
Sic solus Manes ipsos mihi dico parentes.
Solution: Phoenix
Moechus eram regis, sed lignea membra sequebar.
Et Cilicum mons sum, sed mons sum nomine solo.
Et vehor in caelis et in ipsis ambulo terris.
Solution: Bull
Dentibus insanis ego sum, qui vinco bidentes,
Sanguineas praedas quaerens victusque cruentos;
Multaque cum rabie vocem quoque tollere possum.
Solution: Wolf
Exiguum corpus sed cor mihi corpore maius.
Sum versuta dolis, arguto callida sensu;
Et fera sum sapiens, sapiens fera si qua vocatur.
Solution: Fox
Alma Iovis nutrix, longo vestita capillo,
Culmina difficili peragrans super ardua gressu,
Custodi pecoris tremula respondeo lingua.
Solution: Female Goat
Setigerae matris fecunda natus in alvo,
Desuper ex alto virides expecto saginas,
Nomine numen habens, si littera prima periret.
Solution: Pig
Dissimilis matri, patri diversa figura,
Confusi generis, generi non apta propago,
Ex aliis nascor, nec quisquam nascitur ex me.
Solution: Mule
A fluvio dicor, fluvius vel dicitur ex me.
Iunctaque sum vento, quae sum velocior ipso;
Et mihi dat ventus natos nec quaero maritum.
Solution: Tiger
Quattuor insignis pedibus manibusque duabus
Dissimilis mihi sum, quia sum non unus et unus.
Et vehor et gradior, quia me mea corpora portant.
Solution: Centaur
Grande mihi caput est, intus sunt membra minuta;
Pes unus solus sed pes longissimus unus.
Et me somnus amat, proprio nec dormio somno.
Solution: Poppy
Anseris esse pedes similes mihi, nolo negare.
Nec duo sunt tantum, sed plures ordine cernis;
Et tamen hos ipsos omnes ego porto supinos.
Solution: Mallow
Tota vocor graece, sed non sum tota latine.
Pauperibus semper proponor namque tabernis.
In terra nascor, lympha lavor, ungor olivo.
Solution: Beet
Pendeo, dum nascor; rursus, dum pendeo, tumesco.
Pendens commoveor ventis et nutrior undis.
Pendula si non sim, non sum iam iamque futura.
Solution: Gourd
Mordeo mordentes, ultro non mordeo quemquam;
Sed sunt mordentem multi mordere parati:
Nemo timet morsum, dentes quia non habet ullos.
Solution: Onion
Purpura sum terrae, pulcro perfusa colore;
Saeptaque, ne violer, telis defendor acutis.
O felix, longo si possim vivere fato!
Solution: Rose
Magna quidem non sum, sed inest mihi maxima virtus:
Spiritus est magnus, quamvis sim corpore parvo;
Nec mihi germen habet noxam nec culpa ruborem.
Solution: Violet
Dulcis odor nemoris flamma fumoque fatigor,
Et placet hoc superis, medios quod mittor in ignes,
Cum mihi peccandi meritum natura negavit.
Solution: Incense
De lacrimis et pro lacrimis mea coepit origo.
Ex oculis fluxi, sed nunc ex arbore nascor,
Laetus honor frondis, tristis sed imago doloris.
Solution: Myrrh
Dens ego sum magnus populis cognatus Eois;
Nunc ego per partes in corpora multa recessi;
Nec remanent vires, sed formae gratia mansit.
Solution: Ivory
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