(adjective) : vīpĕrĕus, a, um, vipera
* Of a viper, serpent, or snake: crinis,Verg. A. 6, 281: dentes,Ov. M. 4, 573: fauces,id. ib. 7, 203: carnes,id. ib. 2, 769: venenum,Luc. 9, 635; cf. cruor,Ov. P. 4, 7, 36: genus,Verg. A. 7, 753: monstrum,i. e. the serpent-haired head of Medusa,Ov. M. 4, 615; cf. sorores,i. e. the Furies,id. ib. 6, 662: pennae,i. e. winged serpents,id. ib. 7, 391: genus fratrum, sprung from the dragon's teeth of Cadmus, Sen. Oedip. 597: manus,with serpent fingers,id. Herc. Oet. 169: anima,i. e. poisonous breath,Verg. A. 7, 351.