dipsas, ădis, f., = διψάς,
a kind of serpent whose bite causes violent thirst , the Coluber Vipera, Linn.; Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 152; Mart. 3, 44, 7; Luc. 9, 610; 718; Sil. 3, 313; Vulg. Deut. 8, 15.
·noun A genus of harmless colubrine snakes. II. Dipsas ·noun A serpent whose bite was fabled to pro...
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