apply your heel to crush the head of the main serpent
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| 5 +1 | caput draconis magni calce (calcaneo) contere / conterite |
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peer agreement (net): +1caput draconis magni calce (calcaneo) contere / conterite Explanation: Literally it means: "Crush the head of the big serpent with your heel". The verb "conterere" means "to break into tiny pieces", "to stamp down", but also "to despise", and its imperative form "contere" is referred to one person, "conterite" to two or more people. "calcaneus" is a less frequent form of "calx, calcis", both meaning "heel". Another option could be: caput draconis magni calce (calcaneo) confrige / confrigite ("confringere" meaning "to break, to shatter") If you meant "main" as "more important, bigger", than you might want to use "maioris" instead of "magni". I just used some expressions quite often found in Latin Christian poetry to describe Christ (or the Virgin or a Saint) winning over Evil. HIH |
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