diopetes

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

dĭŏpĕtes, is, m., = διοπετής (falling from heaven): rana,

a sort of frog, rainfrog , called also, calamites, Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 70; 32, 10, 50, § 139.