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versipellis
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : versĭpellis (vorsĭp-), e, vertopellis, that changes its skin; hence, in gen.
* That changes its shape or form, that alters its appearance, that transforms himself or itself.
* Lit.
* In gen.: eccum Juppiter In Amphitruonis vertit sese imaginem ... Ita versipellem se facit, quando lubet,Plaut. Am. prol. 123: capillus fit,i. e. turns gray,id. Pers. 2, 2, 48 (v. s. v. versicapillus).
* Trop., skilled in dissimulation, sly, cunning, crafty, subtle (anteand post-class.): vorsipellem esse hominem convenit, pectus cui sapit: bonus sit bonis, malus sit malis,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 12 Ritschl: quicum versipellis fio, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 38, 7: hortamen,Prud. Cath. 9, 91. —Comp., Porc. Latro ap. Cat. 9.
* That changes its shape or form, that alters its appearance, that transforms himself or itself.
* Lit.
* In gen.: eccum Juppiter In Amphitruonis vertit sese imaginem ... Ita versipellem se facit, quando lubet,Plaut. Am. prol. 123: capillus fit,i. e. turns gray,id. Pers. 2, 2, 48 (v. s. v. versicapillus).
* Trop., skilled in dissimulation, sly, cunning, crafty, subtle (anteand post-class.): vorsipellem esse hominem convenit, pectus cui sapit: bonus sit bonis, malus sit malis,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 12 Ritschl: quicum versipellis fio, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 38, 7: hortamen,Prud. Cath. 9, 91. —Comp., Porc. Latro ap. Cat. 9.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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