colubriferis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →colubrifer, colubrifera, colubriferum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
snaky; snake-haired; (of Gorgon/Medusa);
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...dextraque trementem Perseos auersi Cyllenida derigit harpen lata colubriferi rumpens confinia colli. quos habuit uoltus hamati uolnere ferri..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...armorum nec, quam male ceperat, arce torva colubriferi superavit lumina monstri. Te tamen, o parvae rector, Polydecta, Seriphi..."