vīpĕrīnus, a, um, adj. [vipera].
I Of a viper , serpent , or snake.
A Adj. : caro, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 27: sanguis, Hor. C. 1, 8, 9; cf. cruor, id. Epod. 3, 6: sanies, Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 279: morsus, Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 2, 7, 19: nodo coërces viperino Bistonidum, Hor. C. 2, 19, 19.—
B Subst.: vīpĕrīna , ae, f. (herba), a plant , called also serpentaria, dragonwort , App. Herb. 5. —
II Serpent - formed , serpent-like : cauda (chamaeleonis) implicans se viperinis orbibus, Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 121.