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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=feles felis N F :: cat; marten/ferret/polecat/wild cat; mouser; inveigler, seducer, tom-cat; thief
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fēles</b>: is (in Varr. and Cic. faelis in [[best]] MSS.; nom. [[felis]], Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 43; Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 178), f. [[root]] fe-, v. [[felix]]; [[prop]]., she [[that]] bears [[young]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[cat]]: Aegyptii [[quamvis]] carnificinam [[prius]] subierint, [[quam]] aut faelem aut canem aut crocodilum [[violent]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. N. D. 1, 29, 82; id. Leg. 1, 11, 32; Phaedr. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 10, 73, 94, § 202; 11, 37, 65, § 172; Ov. M. 5, 330 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., a marten, ferret, polecat, Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3; Col. 8, 14, 9.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., one [[who]] inveigles, a mouser, [[seducer]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): [[feles]] [[virginalis]], [[girl]] - [[thief]], Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 43: [[feles]] virginaria, id. Pers. 4, 9, 14: pullaria, Aus. Epigr. 70.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>fēlēs</b>¹⁶ <b>(fælēs)</b> et <b>fēlis</b> <b>(fælis)</b>, is, f.,<br /><b>1</b> chat, chatte : Cic. Tusc. 5, 78 ; Nat. 1, 82<br /><b>2</b> martre, putois : [[Varro]] R. 3, 11, 3 ; Col. Rust. 8, 3, 6 &#124;&#124; [fig.] = ravisseur : Pl. Pers. 751 ; Rud. 748. orth. fælis Cic.|
|[fig.]=ravisseur : Pl. Pers. 751 ; Rud. 748. orth. fælis Cic.
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{{Georges
|georg=fēlēs (faelēs) u. fēlis ( faelis), is, Genet. Plur. ium, f. (vgl. ahd. bilih, Bilch, [[Katze]]), I) die [[Katze]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 78. Plin. 6, 178 (Nom. [[felis]]); 10, 202. Ov. [[met]]. 5, 330. Phaedr. 2, 4, 4 (Nom. [[feles]]). – II) der [[Marder]], Iltis, der dem Federvieh nachstellt, [[Varro]] r. r. 3, 11, 3 u. 3, 12, 3 (Nom. faelis). Col. 8, 3, 6 u. 8, 15, 2 (Nom. [[feles]]). [[Nemes]]. cyn. 55. – übtr., v. einem [[Räuber]], virginaria od. [[virginalis]], Plaut. Pers. 751 (Nom. [[feles]]) u. rud. 748 (Nom. [[feles]]): pullaria, [[Auson]]. epigr. 65, 5. p. 213 Schenkl (Nom. [[feles]]). – / Die [[Schreibung]] faelis [[bei]] [[Varro]] u. Cic. in den besten Hdschrn.
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