ὀφιομάχος
From LSJ
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ον,
A fighting with serpents, γνώμη Ph.1.86: as Subst., a kind of locust, and the ichneumon, Hsch.:—in the former sense ὀφῐο-μάχης is found in LXX Le.11.22, Ph. 1.39.
German (Pape)
[Seite 426] mit Schlangen kämpfend, Hesych., eine Art Heuschrecke, LXX.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀφιομάχος: -ον, ὁ μαχόμενος πρὸς ὄφεις· ὡς οὐσιαστ., εἶδος ἀπτέρου ἀκρίδος, καὶ ὁ ἰχνεύμων, Ἡσύχ.· ὁ Σουΐδ. ἔχει τὸν τύπον ὀφιομάχης καὶ ἑρμηνεύει: «εἶδος ἀκρίδος, μὴ ἔχον πτερά».
