versipellis
Θυμῷ χαρίζου μηδέν, ἄνπερ νοῦν ἔχῃς → Si mens est tibi, ne cedas iracundiae → Dem Zorn sei nicht zu Willen, bist du bei Verstand
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
versĭpellis: (vorsĭp-), e, adj. vertopellis, that changes its skin; hence, in gen.,
I that changes its shape or form, that alters its appearance, that transforms himself or itself.
I Lit.
A 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).—
B 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
versĭpellis¹⁴ (vors-), e (verto et pellis), qui change de forme, qui se métamorphose : Pl. Amph. 123 || loup-garou : Plin. 8, 81 ; Petr. 62, 13 ; Apul. M. 2, 22 || [fig.] qui prend toutes les formes, souple, rusé, un protée : Pl. Bacch. 658 || versipellior Decl. Catil. 9.
