vipereus

Latin

Etymology

From vīpera +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vīpereus (feminine vīperea, neuter vīpereum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to a viper or snake; snaky
    • Seneca the Younger, Hercules Furens, line 88:
      Viperea saevae verbera incutiant manus.
      Let their [the Eumenides'] savage hands brandish snaky lashes.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative vīpereus vīperea vīpereum vīpereī vīpereae vīperea
genitive vīpereī vīpereae vīpereī vīpereōrum vīpereārum vīpereōrum
dative vīpereō vīpereae vīpereō vīpereīs
accusative vīpereum vīpeream vīpereum vīpereōs vīpereās vīperea
ablative vīpereō vīpereā vīpereō vīpereīs
vocative vīperee vīperea vīpereum vīpereī vīpereae vīperea

References

  • “vipereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vipereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vipereus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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