dipsas

dipsas, ădis, f., = διψάς,

• a kind of serpent whose bite causes violent thirst, the Coluber Vipera, Linn.; Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 152; Mart. 3, 44, 7; Luc. 9, 610; 718; Sil. 3, 313; Vulg. Deut. 8, 15.

dipsas, adis, Akk. Plur. adas, f. (διψάς, durftig), eine giftige Schlange, deren Biß heftigen Durst verursacht (nach Schneider Coluber Vipera, L.), Plin. 23, 152. Solin. 27, 31. Vulg. deut. 8, 15. Lucan. 9, 610. Sil. 3, 313. Mart. 3, 44, 7.

dipsas [CL < διψάς], ~a , kind of snake (said to provoke thirst by its bite); b (fig.). V. et. gypsa. sunt plurimi adhuc serpentini generis angues, ut ~ades Lib. Monstr. III 24; ~as genus serpentis est intollerabilis; quando percusserit hominem, siti moritur ipse homo ‥ GlC D 292; placaris ut ~as, cui sol incanduit a Cancro Map NC IV 3 f. 45v; quem ledit dipsas, estuat igne novo Neckam DS IX 294; ~a ‥, serpens modicus, cujus venenum ante extinguit quam sentiatur Gir. TH I 36; ~as [quoting Isid. Etym. XII 4. 13] Bart. Angl. XVIII 36; †disperas est genus serpentis, cui morsus facit hominem intollerabiliter sitire Alph. 50.  b c1346 intrat in eclipse fines ejus David ipse; / virus dans dipse, frustrabitur apocalipse. / Brus, serpens dipsas, faciens guerras bibit ipsas (Neville’s Cross) Pol. Poems I 46.

1 dipsăs, ădis, f. (διψάς), dipsade [vipère dont la blessure cause une soif ardente] : Luc. 9, 610.

dipsas , adis. f.
致渴死之蛇類。

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