aspida
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aspis, aspidis:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Africa
asp, venomous snake of North Africa;
acc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...quae prima caput mouit de puluere tabes aspida somniferam tumida ceruice leuauit. plenior huc sanguis et crassi gutta..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...belli;ipse caua regni uires in ualle retentat:aspidas ut Pharias cauda sollertior hostisludit et iratas incerta prouocat..."