ŏphītes, ae, m., = ὀφίτης (snakestone),
a kind of marble spotted like a snake , serpentine-stone : ophites serpentium maculis similis, unde et nomen accepit, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 55; 36, 22, 43, § 158; Mart. 6, 42, 15; Luc. 9, 714.
Ŏphītes, ae, m., = Ὀφίτης, a son of Hercules , Hyg. Fab. 32. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.