ἔχιδνα
ἔχιδνα, an adder, viper
ἔχιδν-α, ἡ, (ἔχις)
- viper, Hdt. 3.108, S. Tr. 771, Pl. Smp. 218a, etc.; prob. of a constrictor snake, Act. Ap. 28.3: metaph., of a treacherous wife or friend, A. Ch. 249, S. Ant. 531; ἱματισμένη ἔ., of woman, Secund. Sent. 8; γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν brood of vipers, term of reproach, in Ev.Matt. 3.7.
- II pr. n. of a monster, Hes. Th. 297, S. Tr. 1099.
ἔχιδνα, ης (ἡ) vipère, Hdt. 3, 108 ; Eschl. Ch. 988, Suppl. 873 ; Plat. Soph. 218a ; fig. en parl. d’une femme perfide, Eschl. Ch. 249 ; Soph. Ant. 531.
Étym. pré-grec.
ἔχιδνα, ἡ, die Natter, Otter (vgl. ἔχις); Aesch. Ch. 988, Suppl. 873, von der Klytämnestra Ch. 247 ; Soph. u. A.; Plat. Symp. 218a. Vgl. nom. pr.
ἔχιδνα, ἡ,
ἔχις
- an adder, viper, Hdt., Trag., etc.; metaph. of a treacherous wife or friend, Aesch., Soph.