καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θώρακα → just as a snake sheds its old skin
tĕpōrus: a, um, adj. id.,I warm, mild (late Lat.): aequinoctium veris, Aus. Ecl. Solstit. 1: flatus Favonii, Sid. Ep. 9, 16.
