incerno

ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ → you can tell a fox by its tail, small traits give the clue to the character of a person

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

in-cerno: ĕre, v. a.,
I to sift upon a thing, to cover or bestrew with sifting; to sift, scatter with a sieve: terram cribro, Cato, R. R. 48, 2; Col. 5, 6, 6: super fricaturam incernatur marmor, Vitr. 7, 1: incretum ( = per incerniculum sive cribrum inspersum), sifted in, Hor. S. 2, 4, 75 Orell. (but in Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 87, the correct read. is redimitum; v. Sillig. ad h. l.).

incernō,¹⁴ crēvī, crētum, ĕre, tr., tamiser, passer au crible : Cato Agr. 48, 2 ; Col. Rust. 5, 6, 6.