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“aqua silente”
Cave tibi cane muto, aqua silente. (Latin expression)
Translation: "Beware of the silent dog and still water."
A Latin idiom: "Stagnant water can poison you." "Silent dogs can bite." Some Romans believed that taciturn (uncommunicative) adversaries were more dangerous than the ones who made a lot of noise.
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aqua-, aquatic-, aqui-, aqu-, -aquatically, aque-, -aqueous
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group C
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