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Te propter nullos tellus tua postulat imbres,arida nec pluvio supplicat herba Iovi.
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Anguis sub viridi herba.


— There's a snake in the grass.
— Francis Bacon, quoted in Essays, Of a King.

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Latet anguis in herba.

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— A snake lurks in the grass.
Book III, line 93.
Variant translations:Beware of snakes in the grass.
A snake lies hidden in the grass.
There lurks a snake in the grass.
There's a snake hidden in the grass.

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Qui legitis flores et humi nascentia fraga, Fridigus, O pueri, fugite hinc; latet anguis in herba.


— O boys, who pluck the flowers and strawberries springing from the ground, flee hence; a cold snake lies hidden in the grass.
— Virgil, Eclogues (c. 42 BC), III. 92.

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Anguis sub viridi herba.


— There's a snake in the grass.
— Francis Bacon, quoted in Essays, Of a King.

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Te propter nullos tellus tua postulat imbres, arida nec pluvio supplicat herba Iovi.


— Because of thee thy Egypt never sues for showers, nor does the parched blade bow to Jove the Rain-giver.
— Bk. 1, no. 7, line 25
— Of the River Nile.
— Variant translation: Because of you your land never pleads for showers, nor does its parched grass pray to Jupiter the Rain-giver.

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Latet anguis in herba.


— Beware of snakes in the grass.
— A snake lies hidden in the grass.
— There lurks a snake in the grass.
— There's a snake hidden in the grass.

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