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anguis (dissyl. ), is (rare form an-guen , like sanguen for sanguis, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 29 Mai.—
I.Abl. angue; but angui, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 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: “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, 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: “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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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