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Cancer

Legenda:

• Cignus, Cancer et Pisces
• Cignus, Cancer, Serpens et Mustela

Proverbia:

• Cancros lepori comparas. You're comparing crabs to a rabbit.
• Cancer leporem capit. The crab catches the rabbit.
• Cancri nunquam recte ingrediuntur. Crabs never walk straight.
• Cancrum ingredi doces. You're teaching a crab to walk.
• Cancer cursu cum vulpe certat. The crab races with the fox.
• Fert rebus desperatis et cancer honorem. In hopeless situations, even the crab can make his mark.
• Antiquus amor cancer est. An old love is (like a) crab.

Fontes:

• Isidore: Etymologiae

[12.6.51] Cancros vocari, quia conchae sunt crura habentes: inimica ostreis animalia. Eorum enim carnibus vivunt miro ingenio; nam quia valida testa eius aperiri non potest, explorat quando ostrea claustra testarum aperiat, tunc cancer latenter lapillum inicit atque inpedita conclusione ostreae carnes erodit. Tradunt quidam decem cancris cum ocimi manipulo alligatis omnes qui ibi sunt scorpiones ad eum locum coituros. Duo sunt autem genera cancrorum: fluviales et marini.

Imagines:

	The Two Crabs (Steinhowel's Aesop) [click on the thumbnail to see a full-sized view]
	Cancer  (National Library of the Netherlands) [click on the thumbnail to browse the manuscript]
	Cancer  (National Library of the Netherlands) [click on the thumbnail to browse the manuscript]
	Crab (Syrian ms. of Kalila wa Dimna, circa 1200) [click on the thumbnail to see a full-sized view]