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
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...omnesque eum esse censent servi qui vident: ita versipellem se facit quando lubet. ego servi sumpsi Sosiae..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...bovis, et collum illius medicus curabat. Intellexi illum versipellem esse, nec postea cum illo panem gustare potui..."