anguicomas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →anguicomus, anguicoma, anguicomum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
with snakes for hair;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...palam est; illic Poenarum exercita Thebis agmina et anguicomae ducent uexilla sorores. ite alacres tantaeque, precor, confidite causae..."- P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...illa, quam clausam inplevit fecundo Iuppiter auro, Gorgonis anguicomae Perseus superator et alis aerias ausus iactatis..."