versipellis

Latin > English

versipellis versipellis N M :: shape-changer, who can metamorphose to different shape; double-dealer (Vulgate)

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 manwolf, werewolf, 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.

Latin > German (Georges)

versipellis (vorsipellis), e (verto u. pellis), das Fell wechselnd = (vgl. unser »Wechselbalg«) seine Gestalt verändernd, sich umgestaltend, I) eig.: a) v. Tieren, versipellis, χαμαιλέων, Gloss. II, 207, 6. – b) v. Menschen, versipellem se facit, von Jupiter, der sich in den Amphitruo verwandelt, Plaut. Amphitr. prol. 123: bes. von dem, der sich nach dem Aberglauben des gemeinen Volkes in einen Wolf verwandeln konnte, der Werwolf, Plin. 8, 81. Petron. 62, 13: deterrimae versipelles, Apul. met. 2, 22. – II) übtr., in allen Farben spielend = arglistig, verschmitzt, verschlagen, schlau, Circe, Arnob. 4, 14: adversarius, Augustin. serm. 109, 4: testis, Vulg. prov. 14, 25: quīcum versipellis fio, Lucil. 670: vorsipellem frugi convenit esse hominem, Plaut. Bacch. 658. – v. Abstr., astutia, Augustin. epist. 194, 16: hortamen, Prud. cath. 9, 92: versipellibus esse scriptas (fabulas) modis, Arnob . 5, 35. – / Compar. versipellius, Porc. Latro decl. contra Catil. 9.

Translations

werewolf

Afrikaans: weerwolf; Albanian: luqerbull; Arabic: مُسْتَذِئْب, مُسْتَذْئِبَة; Armenian: մարդագայլ; Belarusian: ваўкалак, пярэварацень, пераварацень, скі́дзень; Breton: den-bleiz; Bulgarian: върколак; Catalan: home llop, licantrop; Champenois: voirloup; Chinese Cantonese: 狼人; Mandarin: 狼人; Cornish: gourvlyth; Czech: vlkodlak; Danish: varulv; Dutch: weerwolf; Esperanto: lupfantomo, homlupo, luphomo, likantropo; Estonian: libahunt; Faroese: varúlvur; Finnish: ihmissusi, vironsusi; French: loup-garou, garou, lycanthrope; Galician: lobishome, licántropo; Georgian: მაქცია, ლიკანთროპი, მგელკაცა; German: Werwolf, Werwölfin, Mannwolf, Lykanthrop, Lykanthropin; Greek: λυκάνθρωπος; Ancient Greek: λυκάνθρωπος, λυκάων; Hebrew: אָדָם זְאֵב, אַנְשֵׁי זְאֵב; Hindi: भेड़ियामानव, भड़मानस, वेरवुल्फ़; Hungarian: farkasember, vérfarkas; Icelandic: varúlfur; Ido: volfohomo, likantropo; Indonesian: manusia serigala; Interlingua: lycanthropo; Irish: conriocht, fearolc; Italian: licantropo, lupo mannaro, uomo-lupo; Japanese: 狼男, 人狼, 狼人, 狼人間; Korean: 늑대인간; Latgalian: vylkataks, vylkatece; Latin: versipellis, lycanthropus, lupinotuum, virlupus; Latvian: vilkacis, vilkatis, vilkateks, kadars; Limburgish: waerwouf; Lithuanian: vilktakas, vilkolakis; Low German: Węrwulf, Werwulf; German Low German: Warwulf; Macedonian: врколак; Malay: serigala jadian, likantrop; Manx: conreeaght; Marathi: वेअरवुल्फ; Mongolian Cyrillic: хүн чоно; Norman: ouothou; Norwegian Bokmål: varulv; Old English: werewulf; Persian: گرگینه; Polish: wilkołak, likantrop; Portuguese: lobisomem, licantropo, lobanil; Romanian: pricolici; Russian: волкулак, волколак, вервольф, оборотень, ликантроп, верволк; Scottish Gaelic: fear-faol, fearolc; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: вуко̀длак; Roman: vukòdlak; Slovak: vlkolak; Slovene: volkodlak; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: wjelikoraz; Upper Sorbian: wjelkoraz; Spanish: hombre lobo, licántropo, lobisón, lobisome; Swahili: nusumbwa, mtu-mbwa; Swedish: varulv; Thai: มนุษย์หมาป่า; Turkish: kurt adam, erbörü; Ukrainian: вовкулака, перевертень, вовкулак, вовкун; Vietnamese: người sói, ma sói; Volapük: lükantropan, lupamen, menalupan; Walloon: leu-waerou, waerleu; Welsh: bleidd-ddyn; Yiddish: וואָלקעלאַק

af: weerwolf; als: werwolf; ar: مستذئب; ast: home llobu; az: canavar adam; bg: вълколак; bn: নেকড়ে মানব; br: den-bleiz; ca: home llop; cs: vlkodlak; cy: bleidd-ddyn; da: varulv; de: Werwolf; dsb: wjelikoraz; el: λυκάνθρωπος; en: werewolf; eo: homlupo; es: hombre lobo; et: libahunt; eu: gizotso; fa: گرگینه; fi: ihmissusi; fr: lycanthrope; fy: wearwolf; ga: conriocht; gl: lobishome; he: אדם זאב; hi: भेड़ियामानव; hr: vukodlak; hu: farkasember; hy: մարդագայլ; id: manusia serigala; io: volfo-homo; is: varúlfur; it: licantropo; ja: 狼男; kab: amsaɣsi; ka: მაქცია; ko: 늑대인간; la: lycanthropus; li: waerwouf; lt: vilkolakis; lv: vilkacis; mk: врколак; ml: ചെന്നായ് മനുഷ്യൻ; ms: serigala jadian; my: သမန်းဝံပုလွေ; nah: tlācacuetlāchtli; nl: weerwolf; nn: varulv; no: varulv; oc: lop garon; pcd: leu-warou; pl: wilkołak; pt: lobisomem; ro: vârcolac; ru: вервольф; scn: lupu mannaru; sco: warwoof; sc: licàntropu; sh: vukodlak; simple: werewolf; sk: vlkolak; sl: volkodlak; sr: вукодлак; sv: varulv; ta: ஓநாய் மனிதன்; th: มนุษย์หมาป่า; tl: taong lobo; tr: kurt adam; uk: вовкулака; ur: آدم بھیڑیا; vi: người sói; war: werwulf; wa: waerleu; wuu: 狼人; yi: ווערוואלף; zh_yue: 人狼; zh: 狼人