viper
viper
subs.
P. and V. ἔχιδνα, ἡ, P. ἔχις, ὁ (Plat.); see snake.
subs.
P. and V. ἔχιδνα, ἡ, P. ἔχις, ὁ (Plat.); see snake.
VIPER
vipera (PROP. and figuratively Cic.): *coluber berus (Linn.). Viper’s brood generation of vipers (figuratively) homines nequissimi improbissimi scelestissimi. (The words are found in this connection and order.) nequissimi atque improbissimi (Cic.).
vipera (PROP. and figuratively Cic.): *coluber berus (Linn.). Viper’s brood generation of vipers (figuratively) homines nequissimi improbissimi scelestissimi. (The words are found in this connection and order.) nequissimi atque improbissimi (Cic.).
viper:
1. vīpĕra (*Coluber Berus, and Coluber aspis, Linn.). a small v. kills a huge bull with its bite, parva necat morsu spatiosum v taurum, Ov. R. Am. 421: v.'s young, (viperae) catuli, Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170. Prov. (i.) to nourish a v. in one's bosom, v. nutricare sub ala, Petr. 77 ad init. (ii.) there's a v. in the bush (of a hidden danger), v. est in veprecula, Pompon. in Non. 231 13 (cf. "latet anguis in herba," Virg. E. 3, 93). Fig. as a term of reproach for a dangerous person v., vipera! Juv. 6, 641 (cf. Flor. 4, 12, 37) those poisonous and deadly v.s, v. illae venenatae ac pestiferae, Cic. Harusp. Resp. 24, 50 (cf. homines qui omne serpentum genus dolo superant, based on Val. Max. 7, 6, extr.), or may be expr. by, scelesti homines.
2. aspis, ĭdis, f (= ἀσπις, the asp), Cic. Plin.: *Coluber, Linn.
3. excĕtra ((perh. corrupted from ἔχιδνα only used fig. as a reproach): Liv. 39, 11, init.: Pl. Cas. 3, 5, 22. id. Ps. 1, 2, 82. Phr. v.'s flesh, vipereae carnes, Ov. M. 2, 769 (cf. viperinae carnes, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 27). v.'s bite, viperinus morsus, poet. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94: a herb good against a v.'s bite, herba viperalis, App. Herb. 89 v.'s fangs, viperei dentes, cf. Ov. M. 4, 573: v.'s poison (or venom), vipereum venenum, Lucan 9, 635 (cf. fel vipereum, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 16) v.s (i. e. poisonous) breath. viperea anima, Virg. Aen. 7, 351: v.'s blood, viperinus sanguis, Hor. Od. 1, 8, 9.
1. vīpĕra (*Coluber Berus, and Coluber aspis, Linn.). a small v. kills a huge bull with its bite, parva necat morsu spatiosum v taurum, Ov. R. Am. 421: v.'s young, (viperae) catuli, Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 170. Prov. (i.) to nourish a v. in one's bosom, v. nutricare sub ala, Petr. 77 ad init. (ii.) there's a v. in the bush (of a hidden danger), v. est in veprecula, Pompon. in Non. 231 13 (cf. "latet anguis in herba," Virg. E. 3, 93). Fig. as a term of reproach for a dangerous person v., vipera! Juv. 6, 641 (cf. Flor. 4, 12, 37) those poisonous and deadly v.s, v. illae venenatae ac pestiferae, Cic. Harusp. Resp. 24, 50 (cf. homines qui omne serpentum genus dolo superant, based on Val. Max. 7, 6, extr.), or may be expr. by, scelesti homines.
2. aspis, ĭdis, f (= ἀσπις, the asp), Cic. Plin.: *Coluber, Linn.
3. excĕtra ((perh. corrupted from ἔχιδνα only used fig. as a reproach): Liv. 39, 11, init.: Pl. Cas. 3, 5, 22. id. Ps. 1, 2, 82. Phr. v.'s flesh, vipereae carnes, Ov. M. 2, 769 (cf. viperinae carnes, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 27). v.'s bite, viperinus morsus, poet. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94: a herb good against a v.'s bite, herba viperalis, App. Herb. 89 v.'s fangs, viperei dentes, cf. Ov. M. 4, 573: v.'s poison (
viper
Vipers, of Phoenicia
- Paus. 9.28.2
- Arabian vipers live under balsam-trees, and are regarded as sacred to the trees: Paus. 9.28.3ff.