anguis

In Latin, the proper phrase for my aunt is “anguis in herba” …

qdiosa Diary Entry qdiosa 2005

This sounds well, makes a fair show, and there is, in some regard, truth in what is spoken; but "Latet anguis in herba," -- Let men explain themselves, and it is this: The receiving of Christ as a king, is the yielding obedience to him.

The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

“Latet anguis” also in the adding “grass” of that exegetical term “pre-ordinated,” — predestinated, that is, pre-ordinated.

The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

Inter litteram N et G est alia vis, ut in nomine _anguis_ et _angaria_ et _anchorae_ et _increpat_ et

The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord

But the serpent was also called _ahi_ in Sanskrit, in Greek _echis_ or _echidna_, in Latin _anguis_.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

"Latet anguis in herba," of the most inviting natural lawn, and of its gayest flowers, truly has the poet said, "the trail of the serpent is over them all."

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas W. Hastings Macaulay

Cocyti metuet tortosque Ixionis anguis immanemque rotam et non exsuperabile saxum. interea Dryadum siluas saltusque sequamur40 intactos, tua, Maecenas, haud mollia iussa. te sine nil altum mens incohat: en age segnis rumpe moras; uocat ingenti clamore Cithaeron.

Exordium Vergil 1912

: -- "In Cardani de Subtilitate et de Varietate libris passim latet anguis in herba et indiget expurgatione Ecclesiasticæ limæ."

Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study 1886

_Latet anguis in herba_ -- my grass was rather too green, I suppose.

Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

_Drache_ in the German translation of his collection of tales made by his daughter, but the word is evidently akin to the Sanskrit _ahi_, the Greek ἐχιρ ἐχιδνα, the Latin _anguis_, the Russian _ujak_, the

Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858