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anguilla

anguilla, an eel

anguilla, ae, f. dim. [anguis, Varr. L. L. 5, § 77 Müll.; but it may be directly con. with Gr. ἔγχελυς; v. anguis], an eel.
  • I Lit.: Muraena anguilla, Linn.; Plin. 9, 21, 38, § 74 al.; Juv. 5, 103.—
  • II Trop.: anguilla est, elabitur, he is an eel; he slips away, is a slippery fellow, prov. of a sly man, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (749).—
  • III The hard skin of an eel, used as a whip in schools, Verr. ap. Plin. 9, 23, 39, 77; Isid. Orig. 5, 27.

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