vulpecula

vulpēcŭla, ae, f. dim. [vulpes],

• a little fox, Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 88; id. Off. 1, 13, 41; Auct. Carm. Phil. 59: tum vulpecula evasit puteo, Phaedr. 4, 9, 10.

vulpēcula, ae, f. (Demin. v. vulpes), das Füchschen, der schlaue Fuchs, Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 88; de off. 1, 41. Anthol. Lat. 762, 59 (233, 59). Ambros. in psalm. 199. serm. 2. § 2 u.a. Eccl.: als Sinnbild der Schlauheit, Verschlagenheit, Prisc. praeex. § 2. p. 430, 13 K. – ➳ Hor. ep. 1, 7, 29 lesen M. Haupt u.L. Müller mit Bentley nitedula (vgl. Lachm. zu Lucr. p. 204); aber Holder u. Krüger mit den Hdschrn. vulpecula.

vulpecula [CL], ~us, little fox (also fig. or in fig. context). b fox fur. [inimicus Dei] sese mutavit in turpem ~am ut ‥ cauda quatienti varioque discursu [Dunstanum] ab intentione Dei ‥ averteret B. V. Dunst. 16; tu vulpicule omnium vulpi[cul]orum! Ælf. Bata 4. 27 p. 52; accidit ‥ ~am avium istarum unam rapuisse Gir. TH II 29; ut vulpecula damme / insidians Vinsauf PN 1288 (recte 1293); regina in thalamo ficta infirmitate decubans quasi ~a latitabat V. II Off. 25; qui ‥ nobis sua retia reliquerunt ut parvulas caperemus ~as que non cessant florentes vineas demoliri [cf. Cant. ii 15] R. Bury Phil. 5. 77; 1410 quidam ~us nomine W. S. ‥ agnos cure nostre commissos ‥ blasphemiis nititur jugulare Conc. III 332a.  b penula mantelli sit ‥ ex cuniculis ‥ cujus urla sit ex ‥ ~a [gl.: gupil] Neckam Ut. 99.

vulpēcŭla, (15) æ, f. (vulpes), petit renard, renard : Cic. Nat. 1, 88 ; Off. 1, 41.

vulpecula , ae. f. (vulpes.)
小狐狸。

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