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
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..."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..."
