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1 versipellis
versĭpellis ( vorsĭp-), e, adj. [vertopellis, that changes its skin; hence, in gen.], that changes its shape or form, that alters its appearance, that transforms himself or itself.I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.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).—In partic., subst.: ver-sĭpellis, is, m., acc. to the superstitious belief of the ancients, one who can change himself into a wolf, a man-wolf, were-wolf, Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80; Petr. 62 fin.; App. M. 2, p. 124, 21.—II.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.
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