- veprecula
- vē̆prēcŭla, ae, f. dim. [id.], a little thorn- or brier - bush:
illa ex vepreculis extracta nitedula,
Cic. Sest. 33, 72.—Prov.: vipera est in vepreculā, there's a viper in the bush, of a hidden danger, Pompon. ap. Non. 231, 13 (Com. Rel. v. 130 Rib.; cf.: latet anguis in herba).
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.