ἔχιδν-α,ἡ, (ἔχις)
A. viper, Hdt. 3.108 , S. Tr. 771 , Pl. Smp. 218a , etc.; prob. of aconstrictor 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 ἐχιδνῶνbroodof vipers, term of reproach, in Ev.Matt. 3.7 .
II. pr. n. of a monster, Hes. Th. 297 , S. Tr. 1099 .