ὄφις
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a serpent, snake
- serpentine bracelet
- (constellation) the constellation Serpens
- a type of creeping plant
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃égʷʰis, *h₁ógʷʰis (snake).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃égʷʰis, *h₁ógʷʰis
Gloss
snake
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
蛇
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hydrophid English
- ophidian English
- ophidiarium English
- ophiolatrous English
- ophiolatry English
- ophiolite English
- ophiolitic English
- ophiolitologist English
- acanth Latin
- cereus Latin
- cybium Latin
- ophidia Latin
- ophiurus Latin
- acantofide Italian
- ofide Italian
- ofidismo Italian
- σκέλος Ancient Greek
- ἔχω Ancient Greek
- ὀφιοῦχος Ancient Greek
- *h₁(e)gʷʰ-y-ós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ógʷʰis Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃égʷʰis, *h₁ógʷʰis Proto-Indo-European
- अहि Sanskrit
- อหิ Thai
- Όφις Greek (modern)
- όφις Greek (modern)
- իժ Old Armenian
- ahi Pali
- *Háǰʰiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Háźʰiṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- auk Tocharian B
- 𐬀𐬲𐬌 Avestan
- اىى Khowar