natrix

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nā̆trix: īcis (once m.:
I natrix violator aquae, Luc. 9, 720; usually), f. no.
I A water-snake: cur deus tantam vim natricum viperarumque fecerit? Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120.—
   2    Trop., of a dangerous person: se natricem educare, Suet. Calig. 11.—
   B Transf., a whip, scourge, made of a watersnake's skin: natibu' natricem impressit crassam et capitatam, Lucil. ap. Non. 65, 30.—
II A plant: Ononis natrix, Linn.; Plin. 27, 12, 83, § 107.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

natrix,¹⁵ ĭcis, m., f.,
1 hydre, serpent d’eau : Cic. Ac. 2, 120