versipellem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →versipellis, versipellis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shape-changer, who can metamorphose to different shape; double-dealer (Vulgate);
acc. sg.
Examples
- T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...omnesque eum esse censent servi qui vident: ita versipellem se facit quando lubet. ego servi sumpsi Sosiae..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...bovis, et collum illius medicus curabat. Intellexi illum versipellem esse, nec postea cum illo panem gustare potui..."