excetra
excetra, a snake, serpent, dragon
excē̆tra, ae, f. [perh. corrupted from ἔχιδνα], a snake, serpent (very rare).
- I Prop., Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 3 (3) sq.; * Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22.—
- II Transf., a reproachful epithet for a bad, intriguing woman, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 19 (639); id. Ps. 1, 2, 82 (213); Liv. 39, 11.
excetra, ae, f., die Schlange (vgl. Serv. Verg. Aen. 6, 287), Plaut. Pers. 3. Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 22: wie im Deutschen als Schimpfwort von einem bösen, ränkevollen Weibe, Plaut. Cas. 644; Pseud. 218. Liv. 39, 11, 2. Apul. met. 10, 28.
exedra serpens est. si occiditur, surgent de capite ejus plures serpentes nisi citius incenditur
fuit ‥ hydra ‥ serpens in Lerna ‥ cui, uno ceso capite, tria capita excrescebant. unde et ~a a Latinis dicta est
si tamen incendat Sinon excetraque sufflet, / non minus inceptum tendo parare stilum
excĕtra, (16) æ, f. , serpent : Pl. Pers. 3 ; Cic. Tusc. 2, 22 || [fig.] vipère [t. injurieux] : Pl. Cas. 644 ; Ps. 218.
excetra ae, f
- a snake, serpent, dragon, C. poët.—In reproach, of a woman, L.