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Proverbia de Lupis et Ovibus

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These proverbs about Wolves and Sheep (Lupi et Oves) 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! You can also take a look at the Lupus in the Zoo for more proverbs about wolves.

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Ovem
lupo commisisti. 		.
Cedit ovile
lupo. 		 
Lupos
apud oves linquit
custodes. 		custodes: "as guards"
Quid
rabidae tradis ovile lupae?		  
Plenum montano
credis
ovile lupo.

plenum...ovile: split phrase

montano...lupo: split phrase

Incustoditum captat ovile
lupus. 		incustoditum...ovile: split phrase
Lupus non curat
numerum ovium. 		 
Lupus non veretur
etiam numeratas oves
devorare. 		devorare: complementary infinitive with veretur
Ovis inter lupos.  
Ecce ego mitto vos
sicut oves
in medio luporum. 		 
Ovis
de ovili egrediens
lupi morsibus patet. 		egrediens...patet : participle plus verb (the sheep goes out... and lies open to...)
Quisquis ovem simulat,
hunc
lupus ore vorat. 		 
Vae miseris ovibus,
iudex
lupus est. 		 
Ut lupus ovem amat. ut: "as" (amat is indicative, not subjunctive)
Lupi
in vestimentis ovium. 		 
Prius
lupus ovem pascat. 		pascat: subjunctive with expression of time (in other words: never!)
Prius
lupus ovem ducat uxorem.

ducat: subjunctive with expression of time (in other words: never!)
ducat uxorem = marry

 

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