anguis

latet anguis in herba
a snake lurks in the grass

anguis , is, m. and f.: a snake of any kind, serpent, 2.379; hydra, 8.300.

anguis (dissyl.), is (rare form anguen, like sanguen for sanguis, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 29 Mai.—Abl. angue; but angui, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 28, or Trag. v. 51 Vahl.; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30; Ov. M. 4, 483 MS.; cf. Prisc. p. 766 P.; in Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66, suspected by Schneid. Gram. II. 227, on account of angue just before; angue also, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. C. 3, 11, 18, or Trag. v. 441 Vahl.; Varr. Atac. ap. Charis. p. 70; Cic. Div. 2, 30, 65; Prop. 4, 4, 40; Ov. H. 9, 94; id. Am. 3, 6, 14; id. M. 10, 349; 15, 390; Sen. Herc. Fur. 793; Stat. Th. 4, 85; cf. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 218), m. and f.; cf. Charis. p. 70 P.; Rudd. I. p. 25; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 612 [cf. ἔγχελυς; Lith. angis; old Germ. unc = adder; ἔχις; ἔχιδνα = adder; Sanscr. ahis; Germ. Aal = Engl. eel. Curtius], a serpent, a snake (syn.: serpens, coluber, draco).

• I Lit.: angues jugati, Naev. ap. Non. p. 191, 18; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 56 (1108): emissio feminae anguis ... maris anguis, Cic. Div. 2, 29: vertatur Cadmus in anguem, Hor. A. P. 187 al.—As fem.: caerulea, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 28: angues volucres vento invectae, Cic. N. D. 1, 36: torta, Varr. Atac. ap. Non. p. 191, 22; Tac. A. 11, 11 al.—Masc.: domi vectem circumjectus, Cic. Div. 2, 28: ater, Prop. 3, 5, 40: tortus, Ov. M. 4, 483, and id. Ib. 4, 79; Stat. Th. 4, 485.—Sometimes serpent, snake, as a hateful, odious object: odisse aliquem aeque atque angues, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 21 (761): cane pejus et angui, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30.—
• II Transf.
• • A In fable, an emblem.
  • • 1 Of terror; hence the snaky head of Medusa, Ov. M. 4, 803.—
    • 2 Of rage; hence the serpent-girdle of Tisiphone, Ov. M. 4, 483 and 511; her hair of snakes, Tib. 1, 3, 69; Prop. 3, 5, 40.—
    • 3 Of art and wisdom; hence the serpent-team of Medea, Ov. M. 7, 223, and of the inventive Ceres, id. ib. 5, 642; cf. Voss, Mythol. Br. 2, 55.—
  • B As a constellation.
  • • 1 = draco, the Dragon, between the Great and the Little Bear, Hyg. Astr. 2, 3; 3, 2: flexu sinuoso elabitur Anguis, Verg. G. 1, 244: neu te tortum declinet ad Anguem, Ov. M. 2, 138.—
    • 2 = hydra, the Hydra, water-serpent, which extends over the constellations Cancer, Leo, and Virgo, carries on its back the Crater, and on its tail the Corvus, Ov. F. 2, 243; Manil. 1, 422; cf. Hyg. Astr. 3, 39.—
    • 3 The Serpent, which Anguitenens (Ὀφιοῦχος) carries in his hand, Ov. M. 8, 182.—
  • C Prov.: Latet anguis in herbā, there's a snake in the grass, of some concealed danger, Verg. E. 3, 93.

anguis, is, c. (litauisch angis; vgl. ahd. unc), I) die Schlange jeder Gattung (sofern sie sich herumschlingt u. würgt), bes. aber die große, furchtbare, iubatus, Naev. fr., Plaut. u. Liv.: immanis, Liv.: squameus, Verg.: volucres angues, Cic.: anguis ex columna lignea elapsus, Liv.: anguis in impluvium decidit de tegulis, Ter.: factum est, ut ab infima ara subito anguis emergeret, Cic. – Sprichw., als Bild des Gefahrdrohenden, frigidus latet anguis in herba, Verg. ecl. 3, 93. – u. des Widrigen u. Verhaßten, alqm odisse aeque atque angues, Plaut. merc. 761: cane peius et angue vitare, d.i. auf das sorgfältigste, Hor. ep. 1, 17, 30. – II) übtr., als Sternbild: 1) = Draco, der Drache, zwischen beiden Bären am nördl. Himmel, Verg. georg. 1, 205 u. 244. Ov. met. 2, 138. – 2) gew. = Hydra, die Wasserschlange, Hyder, Vitr. 9, 5 (7), 2. Manil. 1, 422. – 3) die Schlange, die der Schlangenträger ( Ὀφιοῦχος, Anguitenens) in der Hand trägt, selbst von ihr umschlungen, Cic. Arat. 86; de nat. deor. 2, 109. Ov. met. 8, 182. – ➳ Seltene Form anguen, inis, n., Iul. Val. 1, 29 (32, wo Plur. anguina). – Der Abl. gew. angue, selten (doch auch b. Cic.) angui, s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ Bd. 1. S. 336. – Das gramm. Geschlecht häufiger masc. als fem., s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ Bd. 1. S. 918 u. 919.

anguis [CL] , snake. b (astr.) Draco. c (fig.). ~is, serpens aquarum GlC A 590; 10‥ ~is, wæternædre WW; 14‥ hic agguis, A. a wateradder Ib.; Gir. TH I 36 (v. anguillula); angue diu socio nemo pericla cavet Babio 466; angues carminis arte novant Garl. Tri. Eccl. 102.  b videns Plaustrum quo labitur axem, / haec cum detinuit conversis vultibus Anguem Æthelwulf Abb. 22.56; ore minax Anguis geminas intersecat Ursas Neckam DS I 359.  c s1295 semper latuit ~is tortuosus, portans in cassidili toxicum mellitum Flor. Hist. III 282.

anguis, (10) is, m. , ¶ 1 serpent, couleuvre : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 124 ; femina anguis Cic. Div. 2, 62, femelle ¶ 2 constellation : [le Dragon] Virg. G. 1, 244 ; [lʼHydre] Vitr. Arch. 9, 5, 2 ; [le Serpentaire] Cic. Nat. 2, 109 ; Ov. M. 8, 182.

➳ qqf. f. , Cic. Nat. 1, 101 ; Non. 191 ; Char. 90, 13 || abl. ordinaire angue, Cic. Div. 2, 65, etc. ; qqf. angui, Cic. Div. 2, 66 ; Prisc. Gramm. 7, 68.

anguis , is. m. f.
長虫。Lucidus anguis 星名。 Odisse aeque atque angues 恨之如蛇。

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anguis (disyl.), is (abl.angue; rarely anguī), m and f

• ANG-, a serpent, snake: os cinctum anguibus: tortus, O.: cane peius et angui vitare, i. e. most anxiously, H.—Esp., in fable as an emblem: of terror, the snaky head of Medusa, O.; of rage, the serpent-girdle of Tisiphone, O.; of art and wisdom, the serpent-team of Medea, O.; of Ceres, O.—Prov.: latet anguis in herbā, a snake in the grass, V.—Meton., of a constellation, of Draco, the Dragon, V., O.; of Hydra, the Hydra, waterserpent, O.; the serpentheld by Anguitenens, O.

ANGUIS

ANGUIS[DRACO, GENIUS. ]

Anguis

The snake. Among the Romans the snake was the conventional representation of the genius loci. (See Genius.) Hence figures of serpents were often painted against a wall, as the cross is in modern Italy, and answered the purpose of our sign “Commit no nuisance” (Pers.i. 113). As the emblem of Aesculapius (q.v.), the snake was the sign that hung before the Roman pharmacies, answering to our pestle and mortar. It was also the military ensign of a cohort, being then commonly termed draco. See aspis; Draco; Genius.