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ἀσπίς

aspis

Masculine noun · Of uncertain derivation

Of uncertain derivation; a buckler (or round shield); used of a serpent (as coiling itself), probably the "asp":—asp.

Outline

  1. an asp, a small and most venomous serpent, the bite of which is fatal unless the bitten part be immediately cut away

Usages

Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

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