anguinus

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

anguīnus, a, um, adj. [anguis],

I of or pertaining to the serpent , snaky : cervix, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64: capillus Eumenidum, Cat. 64, 193: pellis, Cato R. R. 73: cucumis, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 25: adeps, Plin. 30, 5, 12, § 37: vernatio, id. 30, 3, 8, § 24: cor, id. 30, 3, 8, § 23 al.

II —Hence, anguīnum , i, n. (sc. ovum), a snake's egg , Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52.

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