ἔχιδνα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[ἔχις]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[viper]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.108</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>771</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>218a</span>, etc.; prob. of a [[constrictor]] [[snake]], Act.Ap.28.3: metaph., of a [[treacherous]] [[wife]] or [[friend]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>249</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>531</span>; [[ἱματισμένος|ἱματισμένη]] ἔχιδνα, of [[woman]], <span class="bibl">Secund.<span class="title">Sent.</span>8</span>; <b class="b3">γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν</b> [[brood]] of [[viper]]s, term of [[reproach]], in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>3.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> pr. n. of a monster, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>297</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 1099</span>.</span>