noun

vulpes

gen. vulpis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

(), (collat. form, nom. , Petr. 58; Avien. 40, 7), cf. Gr. ἀλώπηξ

a fox

a fox.

Lit., Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 165; Hor. S. 2, 3, 186; id. Ep. 1, 1, 73; id. C. 3, 27, 4 al.—

cunning; craftiness figuratively •

Trop., cunning, craftiness: animi sub vulpe latentes, Hor. A. P. 437; Pers. 5, 117.—Prov.

Jungere vulpes, for any absurd or impossible undertaking, Verg. E. 3, 91.—

Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores, Suet. Vesp. 16.—

Tam facile, quam pirum vulpes comest, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 32.—

a kind of shark by extension

Transf.: vulpes marina, a kind of shark: Squalus alopecia, Linn.; Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145.

Perseus ID: n51431 Key: vulpes