"ἔχιδνα" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /é.kʰi.dna/, /ˈe.çi.ðna/, /ˈe.çi.ðna/, /é.kʰi.dna/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈe.kʰi.dna/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈe.çi.ðna/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈe.çi.ðna/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈe.çi.ðna/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἔχις (ékhis, “snake”). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|ἔχις||snake}} ἔχις (ékhis, “snake”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐχίδνης|f|first|head=ἔχιδνᾰ}} ἔχιδνᾰ • (ékhidna) f (genitive ἐχίδνης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἔχιδνᾰ|ης}} Forms: ἔχιδνᾰ [canonical], ékhidna [romanization], ἐχίδνης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἔχιδνᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐχίδνᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἔχιδναι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐχίδνης [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐχίδναιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐχιδνῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐχίδνῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐχίδναιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐχίδναις [dative, plural], τὴν ἔχιδνᾰν [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐχίδνᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐχίδνᾱς [accusative, plural], ἔχιδνᾰ [singular, vocative], ἐχίδνᾱ [dual, vocative], ἔχιδναι [plural, vocative]
  1. snake (traditionally held as a poisonous snake, viper, but perhaps also a constrictor)
    Sense id: en-ἔχιδνα-grc-noun-cqI75hla Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 65 35 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 73 27
  2. (figuratively) a treacherous person Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-ἔχιδνα-grc-noun-ovOBCKhI

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