Martial and the gentle lion

Martial challenges your expectations with this pithy line.Quid nunc saeua fugis placidi, lepus, ora leonis?Why do you now flee the fierce jaws of the gentle lion, hare?Quid nunc: why now?Saeua: fierceFugis: you fleePlacidi: gentle, calmLepus: hareOra: mouthLeonis: of the lion