anguifer

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

anguĭfer (trisyl.), fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [anguis-fero],

serpent-bearing : caput, Ov. M. 4, 741: Gorgo, Prop. 2, 2, 8.—Hence, subst.: Anguĭfer , fĕri, m. (as transl. of Ὀφιοῦχος), the serpent-bearer , the constellation Serpentarius or Ophiuchus , Col. 11, 2, 49; cf. anguitenens.

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