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Proverbia de Ovibus

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These proverbs about Sheep (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!

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Quam ovis ovi similis. .
Ovis
ovem sequitur. 		 
Una ove praeeunte
omnes sequuntur. 		una ove praeeunte : ablative absolute
Sicut ovis
ad occisionem ducetur. 		 
Caseum ovis,
lac capra
mi dent,
et vacca butyrum. 		dent: jussive subjunctive
Aprilis aqua
pinguescit bos,
perimitur sus,
emicat ovis. 		 
Ovium mores.  
Oviculae vitam degerit.  
Tamquam ovis meridians.  
Summi viri
vervecum in patria
nati. 		 
Laesa saepius
repugnat ovis. 		 
Decori
est ovibus
sua lana. 		 
Ovis vana,
quam mole gravat
sua lana. 		quam: relative pronoun, agreeing with ovis in gender and number
Segregare oves
ab haedis. 		 
Ioci
instar ovium,
non instar canium
mordere debent. 		mordere: complementary infinitive with debent
Ad partus ovium
noscuntur pondera ventrum. 		 
Vitulus, et leo, et ovis,
simul morabuntur.
 

 

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