The corpus record — Latin

vipera

vipera · f

a viper

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Where it lives

Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
Epodon 2 · 6.65/10k
De Baptismo 2 · 4.68/10k
Remedia Amoris 1 · 1.91/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
Georgicon 2 · 1.41/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
De haruspicum responso in P. Clodium in Senatu Habita 1 · 1.33/10k
Hercules 1 · 1.31/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
Adversus Hermogenem 1 · 0.9/10k

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. vīpĕra — Lewis & Short

vīpĕra, ae, f.contr. from vivipera, from vivus-pario, that brings forth living young,

I a viper.

I Lit.: Coluber berus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 169.—

II Transf.

A Adder, snake, serpent, in gen., Prop. 4 (5), 7, 53; Verg. G. 3, 417; Hor. C. 3, 4, 17; id. Epod. 5, 15; 16, 52; Ov. M. 10, 24; id. R. Am. 421; id. A. A. 2, 376 al.—Prov.: in sinu viperam habere, Cic. Har. Resp. 24, 50: viperam nutricare sub alā, to nourish a viper in one's bosom, Petr. 77: vipera est in vepreculā, Pomp. ap. Non. p. 231, 13; v. veprecula.—

B Viper! serpent! as a term of reproach for a dangerous person: saevissima, Juv. 6, 641: tandem, vipera, sibilare desiste, Flor. 4, 12, 37; cf. Don. Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 8.

2. vipera — Walde–Hofmann

vipera, -ae f. „Viper“ (seit Cic., rom.), eipereus, -a, -um „von der Viper“ (seit Verg.), vipertna, -ae f. „eine Pflanze" (Ps. Apul. herb.), viperälis, -e „von der Viper“ (Ps. Apul. herb., Diosc.): aus *piipera, *vivo-pera (s. pariö oben II 255) „lebendige Junge zur Welt bringend* (auf Grund des Aberglaubens, daß die Viper keine Eier legt, s. Plin. nat. 10, 170, Apul. apol. 85 Zuoróxoc); s. Vanitek 159, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. vipera, p. 1704]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. uipera (scan p. 762; entry #12710).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. vipera (scan p. 1704; entry #3266). Root candidates: *pii-, *uei-.

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