noun · masculinethird declension
anguis
anguis m or f (genitive anguis)
Classical[ˈaŋ.ɡʷɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaŋ.ɡʷis]
Meaning
- femininemasculinesnake, serpent, dragon
- GreekfemininemasculineHydra
Cum Pyrrhus “video me” inquit “plane procreatum Herculis semine, cui quasi ab angue Lernaeo tot caesa hostium capita quasi de sanguine suo renascuntur.
When Pyrrhus said: "I see that I am clearly begotten of the seed of Hercules, for whom so many slain heads of enemies, as though from the Lernaean Hydra, are being reborn as though from their own blood."Florus, Epitome of Roman History 1.13.19-20 - femininemasculinethe constellation Hydra
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
serpēns, bēstia longa sine pedibusanguis -is (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 10, 17
serpēns magnusanguis -is (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 5
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Repere · Serpere · Serpens · Anguis · Coluber
1. Repere means, with small feet and short steps, to move slowly along, to creep; whereas serpere, without feet, by merely twisting the whole body, and without noise to move forward, to creep on the belly. 2. Serpens (ἕρπων) is the general name for whatever creeps like a snake, like ἑρπετόν; anguis (ἔγχος, ἔγχελυς?) is a great formidable snake, ὄφις; coluber (ἀσκάλαφος) a small, spiteful snake, ἔχις, ἔχιδνα. (v. 341.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | anguis anguiculus | anguēs anguiculī |
| genitive | anguis anguiculī | anguium anguiculōrum |
| dative | anguī anguiculō | anguibus anguiculīs |
| accusative | anguem anguiculum | anguēs anguīs, anguiculōs |
| ablative | angue anguī, anguiculō | anguibus anguiculīs |
| vocative | anguis anguicule | anguēs anguiculī |
anguis (dissyl.), is (rare form an-guen, like sanguen for sanguis, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 29 Mai.—
I. Abl. angue; but angui, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, or Trag. v. 51 Vahl.; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30; Ov. M. 4, 483 MS.; cf. Prisc. p. 766 P.; in Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66, suspected by Schneid. Gram. II. 227, on account of angue just before; angue also, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. C. 3, 11, 18, or Trag. v. 441 Vahl.; Varr. Atac. ap. Charis. p. 70; Cic. Div. 2, 30, 65; Prop. 4, 4, 40; Ov. H. 9, 94; id. Am. 3, 6, 14; id. M. 10, 349; 15, 390; Sen. Herc. Fur. 793; Stat. Th. 4, 85; cf. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 218), m. and f.; cf. Charis. p. 70 P.; Rudd. I. p. 25; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 612 [cf. ἔγχελυς; Lith. angis; old Germ. unc = adder; ἔχις; ἔχιδνα = adder; Sanscr. ahis; Germ. Aal = Engl. eel. Curtius], a serpent, a snake (syn.: serpens, coluber, draco).
I. Lit.: angues jugati, Naev. ap. Non. p. 191, 18; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 56:
emissio feminae anguis ... maris anguis, Cic. Div. 2, 29: vertatur Cadmus in anguem, Hor. A. P. 187 al.—As fem.: caerulea, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28: angues volucres vento invectae, Cic. N. D. 1, 36: torta, Varr. Atac. ap. Non. p. 191, 22; Tac. A. 11, 11 al.—Masc.: domi vectem circumjectus, Cic. Div. 2, 28: ater, Prop. 3, 5, 40: tortus, Ov. M. 4, 483, and id. Ib. 4, 79; Stat. Th. 4, 485.—Sometimes serpent, snake, as a hateful, odious object: odisse aliquem aeque atque angues, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 21: cane pejus et angui, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30.—II. Transf.
A. In fable, an emblem.
1. Of terror;
hence the snaky head of Medusa, Ov. M. 4, 803.—2. Of rage;
hence the serpent-girdle of Tisiphone, Ov. M. 4, 483 and 511; her hair of snakes, Tib. 1, 3, 69; Prop. 3, 5, 40.—3. Of art and wisdom;
hence the serpent-team of Medea, Ov. M. 7, 223, and of the inventive Ceres, id. ib. 5, 642; cf. Voss, Mythol. Br. 2, 55.—B. As a constellation.
1. = draco, the Dragon, between the Great and the Little Bear, Hyg. Astr. 2, 3; 3, 2:
flexu sinuoso elabitur Anguis, Verg. G. 1, 244: neu te tortum declinet ad Anguem, Ov. M. 2, 138.—2. = hydra, the Hydra, water-serpent, which extends over the constellations Cancer, Leo, and Virgo, carries on its back the Crater, and on its tail the Corvus, Ov. F. 2, 243; Manil. 1, 422; cf. Hyg. Astr. 3, 39.—
C. Prov.: Latet anguis in herbā, there's a snake in the grass, of some concealed danger, Verg. E. 3, 93.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
anguis (disyl.), is (abl. angue; rarely anguī), m and f
ANG-, a serpent, snake: os cinctum anguibus: tortus, O.: cane peius et angui vitare, i. e. most anxiously, H.—Esp., in fable as an emblem: of terror, the snaky head of Medusa, O.; of rage, the serpent-girdle of Tisiphone, O.; of art and wisdom, the serpent-team of Medea, O.; of Ceres, O. —Prov.: latet anguis in herbā, a snake in the grass, V.—Meton., of a constellation, of Draco, the Dragon, V., O.; of Hydra, the Hydra, waterserpent, O.; the serpent held by Anguitenens, O.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). Cognates include Old Prussian angis, Old Armenian աւձ (awj), Old High German unc, unko (“snake”), and Old East Slavic ѫжь (ǫžĭ). Displaced Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis.
Descendants
- Italianangue
- Interlinguaangue