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Accipitri timidas credis, furiose, columbas?
Plenum montano credis ovile lupo?

Ovid. De arte Amandi, II., 363.

Are you mad enough to trust the hawk with your timid doves, or the mountain wolf with the crowded sheepfold?

Accipitrī timidās crēdis, furiōsē, columbās?
Plēnum montānō crēdis ovīle lupō?

accipiter, -tris, m., bird of prey, falcon, hawk.
timidus, -a, -um, fearful, afraid, cowardly, timid.
crēdō, -ere, -didī, -ditus, w/dat., entrust to, give belief to.
furiōsē, adv., madly, insanely.
columba, -ae, f., dove, pigeon.
plēnus, -a, -um, full, plump.
montānus, -a, -um, of mountains, belonging to mountains.
ovīle, -is, n., a sheepfold.
lupus, -ī, m., a wolf.