versipellis

• vorsipellis

From vertō (“turn”) + pellis (“skin, hide”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯er.siˈpel.lis/, [u̯ɛrs̠ɪˈpɛlːʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver.siˈpel.lis/, [versiˈpɛlːis]

versipellis (neuter versipelle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. shape-shifting, capable of transforming itself or altering its appearance
2. (figuratively) sly, cunning, crafty

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• → Italian: versipelle (learned)

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

1. a werewolf, lycanthrope

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• → Italian: versipelle (learned)

• “versipellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• versipellis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “versipellis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers