ἔχις
echis
viper
Appears 78 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔχις [ Th. 223, -ῑς metri gr. IG 2.1660], εως, ὁ (ἡ C. 3.439), gen. pl. ἔχεων Euthd. 290a: gen. sg. ἔχιος Th. 130: pl., dat. ἐχίεσσι ib.826; gen. ἐχίων ib.653; acc. ἔχιας ib.9, but ἔχεις Char. 1.7:—A. viper, Smp. 217e, HA 511a16, etc.: metaph., συκοφάντης καὶ ἔ. τὴν φύσιν 25.96; ὥσπερ ἔ. ἢ σκορπίος ἠρκὼς τὸ κέντρον ib.52; cf. ἔχιδνα. II. = ἔχιον II, Th. 541, 636, HN 22.50.
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