Translingual

Etymology

Latin serpens ‎(“snake, louse, creeping animal”), present participle of serpo ‎(“I creep”)

Proper noun

Serpens f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudomonadaceae – a type of bacteria.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Bacteria - kingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gamma Proteobacteria - class; Pseudomonadales - order; Pseudomonadaceae - family

See also

• Serpentes

English

Proper noun

Serpens

1. (astronomy) A large summer constellation of the northern sky said to resemble a snake. It is the only constellation consisting of two parts (Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda) separated by the constellation Ophiuchus, representing the snake handler Asclepius.

Derived terms

• Serpentis

Translations

Anagrams

• Spenser

Spanish

Proper noun

Serpens ?

1. (astronomy) Serpens (large summer constellation of the northern sky)

Latin

serpēns (serpent)

Noun

serpēns m, f ‎(genitive serpentis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (serpent, snake): anguis, colubra
• (constellation Draco): Anguis, Draco
• (louse): pedīculus

Related terms

Descendants

Participle

serpēns m, f, n ‎(genitive serpentis); third declension

1. creeping, crawling

Inflection

Third declension.

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “serpens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.