Dipsas

·noun A genus of harmless colubrine snakes.

II. Dipsas ·noun A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst.

dipsas
dipsas, ădis, f., = διψάς, a kind of serpent whose bite causes violent thirst , the Coluber Vipera, ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Dipsas
Dipsas, ădis, f., a name given to an old bawd , Ov. Am. 1, 8, 2. ...

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