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ὀφίτης

ophites · ὁ

of, like a serpent, serpentine

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What it meant

ὀφίτης · ophitēs — LSJ

of, like a serpent, serpentine

of or like a serpent, ὀ. λίθος serpentine, Orph. L. 463, Dsc. 5.143, etc.:—also ὀφιῆτις πέτρη, Orph. L. 341, D.P. 1013.

II shingles

= ἕρπης, shingles, Gal. 19.440.

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.

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