vipereus

Latin

Etymology

vīpera +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iːˈpe.re.us/, [u̯iːˈpɛreʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈpe.re.us/, [viˈpɛːreus]

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.