A Latin Proverb

What words do you recognize in this quote? Some common ones are “Lupus” meaning wolf, “non” meaning no or not, “timet” meaning afraid, and “canem” meaning dog. Knowing these vocabulary words will give you an idea of what the sentence is trying to say. 

The translation is “The wolf is not afraid of the barking dog.” If we knew what Latrantem meant we would have already had a good idea of what this proverb was trying to say even if we had a limited knowledge of grammar. 

This is an excellent proverb which conveys a great truth which is so very applicable.

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