ophite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ophites, ophitae:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
spotted marble (like a snake); (Pliny);
abl. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uariatam tinguitur aluum quam paruis pictus maculis Thebanus ophites. concolor exustis atque indiscretus harenis hammodytes, spinaque uagi torquente..." 
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...undosa Carystos; maeret onyx longe, queriturque exclusus ophites: sola nitet flavis Nomadum decisa metallis purpura, sola cavo Phrygiae..."