Longa alvus
From TTT @ frath.net
Latin Construction
- ‘Long belly,’ of serpents.
Loci
- αʹ Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.574-576:
| quēm sī | cūră dĕ|ūm tām | cērtā | vīndĭcăt | īrā, īpsĕ prĕ|cōr sēr|pēns īn | lōngām | pōrrĭgăr | ālvūm, dīxĭt, ĕt | ūt sēr|pēns īn | lōngām | tēndĭtŭr | ālvūm. |
If the gods' concern is to avenge it with such certain wrath, I pray that I may myself stretch out, a serpent on a long belly, he said, and he was lengthened, like a serpent on his long belly. |
- βʹ Vergil, Georgicon 3.425-7:
| ēst ĕtĭ|(am) īllĕ mă|lūs Călă|brīs īn | sāltĭbŭs | ānguīs squāmĕă | cōnvōl|vēns sūb|lātō | pēctŏrĕ | tērgă ātquĕ nŏ|tīs lōn|gām măcŭ|lōsūs | grāndĭbŭs | ālvūm |
There is also that evil snake in the Calabrian woods, its scaly back twisting, chest raised, and its long belly spotted with thick marks. |
