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|lshtext=<b>hydrus</b>: or -os, i, m., = [[ὕδρος]]>,<br /><b>I</b> a [[water]]-[[serpent]], [[serpent]] (cf.: [[chelydrus]], chersydrus, [[anguis]], [[serpens]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Plin. 29, 4, 22, § 72; Verg. G. 4, 458; id. A. 7, 753; Ov. M. 13, 804: marini, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 98. In the [[hair]] of the Furies, of [[Medusa]], etc., Verg. A. 7, 447; Val. Fl. 2, 195; Ov. M. 4, 800; [[hence]] [[poet]]. transf.: nam si Vergilio [[puer]] et tolerabile desit Hospitium, caderent omnes a crinibus hydri, i. e. all his poetic [[fire]] would [[have]] [[come]] to [[naught]] (referring to his [[description]] of the Furies, A. 7, 415 and 447), Juv. 7, 70.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[poison]] of a [[serpent]], Sil. 1, 322.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Hydros, i, the [[constellation]] of the Waterserpent, called also Anguis and [[Hydra]], German. Arat. 429.