Legenda: Proverbia de Agnis

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Proverbia de Agnis

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These proverbs about the Lamb (Agnus) are just one group of the large body of proverbs about rams, sheep, and lambs in Latin!

For more information about the rams and sheep and lambs in Latin bestiaries, visit the Aries-Ovis-Agnus in the Zoo. If you find some of the proverbs below difficult to understand, you will find some English translations at the Zoo page, along with many other proverbs!

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Agnum lupus vorat.	.
Si lupus est agnum, non est mirabile magnum.	est: from the verb edo, edere (to eat)
Vulpes vult fraudem, lupus agnum, femina laudem.
Lupo agnum eripere postulant.	eripere: complementary infinitive with postulant
Cum languebat lupus, agnus ut esse volebat.	agnus ut esse volebat = volebat esse ut agnus esse: complementary infinitive with volebat
Mors lupi agnis est vita.
Obiciunt canibus agnos.
Agninis lactibus alligare fugitivum canem.	Note: If you tie up a dog with lamb guts, not only do you lose the dog, but you even give the runaway a prize to take away with him.
Lupus et agnus pascentur simul.
Habitabit lupus cum agno.
Ecce agnus Dei, qui tollit peccatum mundi.	qui: relative pronoun, agreeing with agnus in gender and number