Dipsas

Dipsas, ădis, f.,

a name given to an old bawd , Ov. Am. 1, 8, 2.

Dipsas
·noun A genus of harmless colubrine snakes. II. Dipsas ·noun A serpent whose bite was fabled to pro...

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dipsas
dipsas, ădis, f., = διψάς, a kind of serpent whose bite causes violent thirst , the Coluber Vipera, ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.