The corpus record — Latin

vipereus

vipereus · adj

of a viper

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Where it lives

Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 1 · 7.71/10k
In Rufinum 2 · 3.49/10k
Contra Symmachum 2 · 1.66/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k
Metamorphoses 9 · 1.16/10k
Ex Ponto 2 · 0.96/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 1 · 0.89/10k
Amores 1 · 0.64/10k
Thebais 4 · 0.64/10k
Pharsalia 3 · 0.59/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vīpĕrĕus — Lewis & Short

vīpĕrĕus, a, um, adj.vipera,

I of a viper, serpent, or snake: crinis, Verg. A. 6, 281: dentes, Ov. M. 4, 573: fauces, id. ib. 7, 203: carnes, id. ib. 2, 769: venenum, Luc. 9, 635; cf. cruor, Ov. P. 4, 7, 36: genus, Verg. A. 7, 753: monstrum, i. e. the serpent-haired head of Medusa, Ov. M. 4, 615; cf. sorores, i. e. the Furies, id. ib. 6, 662: pennae, i. e. winged serpents, id. ib. 7, 391: genus fratrum, sprung from the dragon's teeth of Cadmus, Sen. Oedip. 597: manus, with serpent fingers, id. Herc. Oet. 169: anima, i. e. poisonous breath, Verg. A. 7, 351.

In the wild

vipereos Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 7.250
Vipereumque Lucan, Pharsalia 9.635
vipereo Prudentius, Hamartigenia 1.609
vipereo Prudentius, Contra Symmachum 1.1.362
vipereumque Ausonius, Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 3.32
vipereos Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.4.5

6 of 41 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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