different between serpens vs serpentarius

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serp?ns, present active participle of serp? (“crawl, creep”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

serpens (not comparable)

1. (medicine, with Latin or Latin-like substantives) serpentlike

References

• “serpens” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *serpents. Present active participle of serp? (“crawl, creep”). Cognate with Sanskrit ???? (sarpá, “snake, serpent”), Ancient Greek ??????? (herpetón, “serpent, creeping animal”), Albanian gjarpër (“snake”) (Proto-Albanian *serpena).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ser.pens/, [?s??rp??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ser.pens/, [?s?rp?ns]

Noun

serp?ns m or f (genitive serpentis); third declension

1. A serpent, snake
2. (astronomy) either Draco or Serpens
3. A louse
4. Any creeping animal

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (serpent, snake): anguis, colubra
• (constellation Draco): Anguis, Draco
• (louse): ped?culus

Related terms

Descendants

Participle

serp?ns (genitive serpentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. creeping, crawling

Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• serpens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• serpens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• serpens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• serpens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette