feles
feles, a cat
Found Feles with different capitalization.
Feles feminine nominative singular, feminine vocative plural, feminine accusative plural, feminine nominative plural of feles
fēles, is (in Varr. and Cic. faelis in best MSS.; nom. felis, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 43 (748); Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 178), f. [root fe-, v. felix; prop., she that bears young],
- a cat: Aegyptii quamvis carnificinam prius subierint, quam aut faelem aut canem aut crocodilum violent, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 78; id. N. D. 1, 29, 82; id. Leg. 1, 11, 32; Phaedr. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 10, 73, 94, § 202; 11, 37, 65, § 172; Ov. M. 5, 330 al.—
- B Transf., a marten, ferret, polecat, Varr. R. R. 3, 11, 3; Col. 8, 14, 9.—
- II Trop., one who inveigles, a mouser, seducer (very rare): feles virginalis, girl-thief, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 43 (748): feles virginaria, id. Pers. 4, 9, 14 (751): pullaria, Aus. Epigr. 70.
fēlēs (faelēs) u. fēlis ( faelis), is, Genet. Plur. ium, f. (vgl. ahd. bilih, Bilch, Katze), I) die Katze, Cic. Tusc. 5, 78. Plin. 6, 178 (Nom. felis); 10, 202. Ov. met. 5, 330. Phaedr. 2, 4, 4 (Nom. feles). – II) der Marder, Iltis, der dem Federvieh nachstellt, Varro r. r. 3, 11, 3 u. 3, 12, 3 (Nom. faelis). Col. 8, 3, 6 u. 8, 15, 2 (Nom. feles). Nemes. cyn. 55. – übtr., v. einem Räuber, virginaria od. virginalis, Plaut. Pers. 751 (Nom. feles) u. rud. 748 (Nom. feles): pullaria, Auson. epigr. 65, 5. p. 213 Schenkl (Nom. feles). – ➳ Die Schreibung faelis bei Varro u. Cic. in den besten Hdschrn.
fēlēs (16) (fælēs) et fēlis (fælis), is, f. , ¶ 1 chat, chatte : Cic. Tusc. 5, 78 ; Nat. 1, 82 ¶ 2 martre, putois : Varro R. 3, 11, 3 ; Col. Rust. 8, 3, 6 || [fig.] = ravisseur : Pl. Pers. 751 ; Rud. 748.
➳ orth. fælis Cic.
- 1. kat; marter;
- 2. (Plaut.) rover [virginaria pooier].
fēles, felis, f.: gatto
● faina, puzzola.
fēlēs or faelēs is, f
- FEV-, a cat: faelem violare: Fele soror Phoebi latuit, O.