aspidas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aspis, aspidis:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Africa
asp, venomous snake of North Africa;
acc. pl.
Examples
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..."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..."