serpēns entis (genplur. -tium; poet. also -tūm), f or (poet.) m
P. of serpo, a creeping thing, creeper, crawler, snake, serpent : serpentes, quarum vis, etc., S.: quaedam serpentes ortae extra aquam, etc. perdomita, O.: magnorum Corpora serpentūm, O.—Esp. as a constellation, the Serpent (cf. anguis, draco), O.