vipereus

vīpĕrĕus, a, um, adj. [vipera], 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.