gypsa

gypsa [LL] , kind of snake (partly fig.). Cf. dipsas. truculenta ~ae crudelitas Aldh. VirgP 52; gypsa spiris sinuata malignus / caerula ‥ extollit colla Id. VirgV 1431 (cf. ib. 2407: gypsam ‥ migrare); heu miseri, talem, mortales, spernite gypsam Bonif. Aen. (Luxoria) 304; 10‥ †cypsam, dracan WW.