nā^trix
nā^trix, īcis (once m.: natrix violator aquae, Luc. 9, 720; usually), f. no. A water-snake: cur deus tantam vim natricum viperarumque fecerit? Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120.— Trop., of a dangerous person: se natricem educare, Suet. Calig. 11.— Transf., a whip, scourge, made of a watersnake's skin: natibu' natricem impressit crassam et capitatam, Lucil. ap. Non. 65, 30.— A plant: Ononis natrix, Linn.; Plin. 27, 12, 83, § 107.
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nā^trix, īcis (once m.: natrix violator aquae, Luc. 9, 720; usually), f. no. A water-snake: cur deus tantam vim natricum viperarumque fecerit? Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120.— Trop., of a dangerous person: se natricem educare, Suet. Calig. 11.— Transf., a whip, scourge, made of a watersnake's skin: natibu' natricem impressit crassam et capitatam, Lucil. ap. Non. 65, 30.— A plant: Ononis natrix, Linn.; Plin. 27, 12, 83, § 107.
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