aspides
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aspis, aspidis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Whitaker
- Age:
- Later
- Geography:
- Africa
asp, venomous snake of North Africa;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →aspis, aspidis:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Africa
asp, venomous snake of North Africa;
nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tenebat uix capiente loco; stabant in margine siccae aspides, in mediis sitiebant dipsades undis. ductor, ut aspexit perituros..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...arce , iam divis addita iamque aspide cincta comas et ovanti persona sistro. Bosporon hinc veteres errantis nomine divae..."
