dipsas, dipsadis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
snake (whose bite provokes thirst); (as name "thirsty woman");
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | dipsas | dipsades |
| Gen. | dipsadis | dipsadum, dipsadium |
| Dat. | dipsadi | dipsadibus |
| Acc. | dipsadem | dipsades |
| Voc. | dipsas | dipsades |
| Abl. | dipsade | dipsadibus |
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...etiamnunc sola pruinis exuuias positura suas, et torrida dipsas, et grauis in geminum uergens caput amphisbaena, et natrix..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...periculosum est. Non tigris catulis citata raptis, non dipsas medio perusta sole, nec sic scorpios inprobus timetur..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...quicumque volet cognoscere lenam, audiat!—est quaedam nomine Dipsas anus. ex re nomen habet—nigri non illa parentem..."