27.11.24: Level 1; review; practice in the cases; 3rd declension nouns [9]: proverbs, quotations and sayings; notes [5]

anguis, -is [3 m/f]: snake; serpent

the “snake in the grass” from Vergil

Quī legitis flōrēs et humī nāscentia frāga, / frīgidus, ō puerī (fugite hinc!), latet anguis in herbā.

(Vergil: Ecloga III)

“You, picking flowers and strawberries that grow so near the ground, fly hence, boys, get you gone! There's a snake lurking in the grass.”