echidna
From LSJ
Φίλος με βλάπτων (λυπῶν) οὐδὲν ἐχθροῦ διαφέρει → Laedens amicus distat inimico nihil → Ein Freund, der schadet, ist ganz gelich mir einem Feind
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĕchidna: ae, f., = ἔχιδνα,
I an adder, viper. The Furies were said to have them twined in their hair; hence: stipite te Stygio tumidisque adflavit Echidnis E tribus una soror, Ov. M. 10, 313.—
II Nom. prop.
A Lernaea, the Lernaean hydra, killed by Hercules, Ov. M. 9, 69; 158; id. F. 5, 405.—
B A monster, half woman and half serpent, the mother of Cerberus, Ov. M. 4, 501.—Hence, Echidnēus, a, um, adj., of Echidna: canis, i. e. Cerberus, Ov. M. 7, 408.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) ĕchidna,¹⁶ æ, f., (ἔχιδνα), vipère femelle, serpent : Ov. M. 10, 313.
