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1 anguis
anguis (dissyl.), is (rare form an-guen, like sanguen for sanguis, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 29 Mai.— Abl. angue; but angui, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, or Trag. v. 51 Vahl.; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30; Ov. M. 4, 483 MS.; cf. Prisc. p. 766 P.; in Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66, suspected by Schneid. Gram. II. 227, on account of angue just before; angue also, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. C. 3, 11, 18, or Trag. v. 441 Vahl.; Varr. Atac. ap. Charis. p. 70; Cic. Div. 2, 30, 65; Prop. 4, 4, 40; Ov. H. 9, 94; id. Am. 3, 6, 14; id. M. 10, 349; 15, 390; Sen. Herc. Fur. 793; Stat. Th. 4, 85; cf. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 218), m. and f.; cf. Charis. p. 70 P.; Rudd. I. p. 25; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 612 [cf. enchelus; Lith. angis; old Germ. unc = adder; echis; echidna = adder; Sanscr. ahis; Germ. Aal = Engl. eel. Curtius], a serpent, a snake (syn.: serpens, coluber, draco).I.Lit.: angues jugati, Naev. ap. Non. p. 191, 18; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 56:II.emissio feminae anguis... maris anguis,
Cic. Div. 2, 29:vertatur Cadmus in anguem,
Hor. A. P. 187 al. —As fem.: caerulea, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28:angues volucres vento invectae,
Cic. N. D. 1, 36: torta, Varr. Atac. ap. Non. p. 191, 22; Tac. A. 11, 11 al.— Masc.:domi vectem circumjectus,
Cic. Div. 2, 28:ater,
Prop. 3, 5, 40:tortus,
Ov. M. 4, 483, and id. Ib. 4, 79; Stat. Th. 4, 485.—Sometimes serpent, snake, as a hateful, odious object:odisse aliquem aeque atque angues,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 21:cane pejus et angui,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30.—Transf.A.In fable, an emblem.1.Of terror;2.hence the snaky head of Medusa,
Ov. M. 4, 803.—Of rage;3.hence the serpent-girdle of Tisiphone,
Ov. M. 4, 483 and 511;her hair of snakes,
Tib. 1, 3, 69; Prop. 3, 5, 40.—Of art and wisdom;B.hence the serpent-team of Medea,
Ov. M. 7, 223, and of the inventive Ceres, id. ib. 5, 642; cf. Voss, Mythol. Br. 2, 55.—As a constellation.1.= draco, the Dragon, between the Great and the Little Bear, Hyg. Astr. 2, 3; 3, 2:2.flexu sinuoso elabitur Anguis,
Verg. G. 1, 244:neu te tortum declinet ad Anguem,
Ov. M. 2, 138.—= hydra, the Hydra, water-serpent, which extends over the constellations Cancer, Leo, and Virgo, carries on its back the Crater, and on its tail the Corvus, Ov. F. 2, 243; Manil. 1, 422; cf. Hyg. Astr. 3, 39.—3.The Serpent, which Anguitenens (Ophiouchos) carries in his hand, Ov. M. 8, 182.—C.Prov.: Latet anguis in herbā, there's a snake in the grass, of some concealed danger, Verg. E. 3, 93. -
2 echidna
echidna ae, f, ἔχιδνα, an adder, viper.—Of the hair of a Fury, O.: Lernaea, the Lernaean hydra, O.* * *serpent, viper -
3 vīpera
vīpera ae, f [vivus+2 PAR-], a viper, adder, snake, serpent: mala tactu, V.: tuto ab atris corpore viperis, H., O.: saevissima (of a poisoner), Iu.—Prov.: in sinu viperam habere.* * *viper, snake -
4 echidna
ĕchidna, ae, f., = echidna, an adder, viper. The Furies were said to have them twined in their hair;II.hence: stipite te Stygio tumidisque adflavit Echidnis E tribus una soror,
Ov. M. 10, 313.—Nom. prop.A.Lernaea, the Lernaean hydra, killed by Hercules, Ov. M. 9, 69; 158; id. F. 5, 405.—B.A monster, half woman and half serpent, the mother of Cerberus, Ov. M. 4, 501.—Hence, Echidnēus, a, um, adj., of Echidna:canis,
i. e. Cerberus, Ov. M. 7, 408. -
5 Echidneus
ĕchidna, ae, f., = echidna, an adder, viper. The Furies were said to have them twined in their hair;II.hence: stipite te Stygio tumidisque adflavit Echidnis E tribus una soror,
Ov. M. 10, 313.—Nom. prop.A.Lernaea, the Lernaean hydra, killed by Hercules, Ov. M. 9, 69; 158; id. F. 5, 405.—B.A monster, half woman and half serpent, the mother of Cerberus, Ov. M. 4, 501.—Hence, Echidnēus, a, um, adj., of Echidna:canis,
i. e. Cerberus, Ov. M. 7, 408. -
6 echitis
ĕchītis, is, m., = echitês, adder-stone, Plin. 37, 11, 72, § 187. -
7 hypnale
hypnălē, ēs, f., = hupnalê, a kind of adder, Sol. 27, 31. -
8 vipera
vīpĕra, ae, f. [contr. from vivipera, from vivus-pario, that brings forth living young], a viper.I.Lit.: Coluber berus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 169.—II.Transf.A.Adder, snake, serpent, in gen., Prop. 4 (5), 7, 53; Verg. G. 3, 417; Hor. C. 3, 4, 17; id. Epod. 5, 15; 16, 52; Ov. M. 10, 24; id. R. Am. 421; id. A. A. 2, 376 al.—Prov.:B.in sinu viperam habere,
Cic. Har. Resp. 24, 50:viperam nutricare sub alā,
to nourish a viper in one's bosom, Petr. 77: vipera est in vepreculā, Pomp. ap. Non. p. 231, 13; v. veprecula.—Viper! serpent! as a term of reproach for a dangerous person:saevissima,
Juv. 6, 641:tandem, vipera, sibilare desiste,
Flor. 4, 12, 37; cf. Don. Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 8.
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