viperinus

vīpĕrīnus, a, um, adj. [id.].

I.

Of a viper, serpent, or snake.

A.

Adj.:

caro,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 27:

sanguis,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 9; cf.

cruor,

id. Epod. 3, 6:

sanies,

Plin. 11, 53, 115, § 279: morsus, Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 2, 7, 19:

nodo coërces viperino Bistonidum,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 19.—

B.

Subst.: vīpĕrīna, ae, f. (herba), a plant, called also serpentaria, dragonwort, App. Herb. 5. —

II.

Serpent - formed, serpent-like:

cauda (chamaeleonis) implicans se viperinis orbibus,

Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 121.