of, like a viper
of or like a viper, χόλος AP 7.71 (Gaet.).
2 snaky
snaky, κόρυμβος Nonn. D. 14.216.
II born of Echidna
pr. Adj. Ἐχιδναῖος, α, ον, born of Echidna, δάκετον Call. Fr. 161.
The corpus record
ἐχιδν-αῖος
echidnaios
of, like a viper, snaky
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.