"vipera" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈwiː.pɛ.ra] [Classical-Latin], [ˈviː.pe.ra] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Contraction of *vivipera, an alteration of vivipara, the feminine of vīviparus (literally “livebearing”), referring to the young being born alive and whole (as opposed to being formed in a laid egg), from vīvus (“alive”) + pariō (“to give birth”) + -us (noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-}}, {{contraction|la|*vivipera}} Contraction of *vivipera, {{lg|feminine}} feminine Head templates: {{la-noun|vīpera<1>}} vīpera f (genitive vīperae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vīpera<1>}} Forms: vīpera [canonical, feminine], vīperae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vīpera [nominative, singular], vīperae [nominative, plural], vīperae [genitive, singular], vīperārum [genitive, plural], vīperae [dative, singular], vīperīs [dative, plural], vīperam [accusative, singular], vīperās [accusative, plural], vīperā [ablative, singular], vīperīs [ablative, plural], vīpera [singular, vocative], vīperae [plural, vocative]
  1. adder, snake, serpent, viper Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-vipera-la-noun-0cIjQqdZ Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Snakes Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Snakes: 94 6
  2. (figurative) someone who is malicious, vicious, treacherous Tags: declension-1, figuratively
    Sense id: en-vipera-la-noun-eT4eTbks Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: convīperīnī, convīperīnus, vīperālis, vīpereālis, vīpereē, vīpereus, vīperīna, vīperīnus, vīperius
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      "word": "pìbara"
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          "english": "“[You] progeny of vipers! Who showed you [how/where] to flee from the coming wrath?”",
          "ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Matthew.3.7",
          "text": "prōgeniēs vīperārum quis dēmōnstrāvit vōbīs fugere ā futūrā īrā",
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          "lang_code": "frm",
          "word": "vipere"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "vipre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "víbora"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "viperă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "lìpira"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "vìpira"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "pìbera"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "pìbara"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "pìpera"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "víbora"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Translingual",
      "lang_code": "mul"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "vìpera"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "vìpara"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "lìpera"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gwiber"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷeyh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "*vivipera"
      },
      "expansion": "Contraction of *vivipera",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "lg"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Contraction of *vivipera, an alteration of vivipara, the feminine of vīviparus (literally “livebearing”), referring to the young being born alive and whole (as opposed to being formed in a laid egg), from vīvus (“alive”) + pariō (“to give birth”) + -us (noun-forming suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vīpera",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīperae",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīperae",
          "viperae"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīpera",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīpera",
          "vipera#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīperae",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīperae",
          "viperae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīperae",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīperae",
          "viperae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīperārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīperārum",
          "viperarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīperae",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīperae",
          "viperae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīperīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīperīs",
          "viperis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīperam",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīperam",
          "viperam#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīperās",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīperās",
          "viperas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīperā",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīperā",
          "vipera#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīperīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīperīs",
          "viperis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīpera",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīpera",
          "vipera#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vīperae",
      "links": [
        [
          "vīperae",
          "viperae#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vīpera<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "vīpera f (genitive vīperae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vīpera<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "adder, snake, serpent, viper"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adder",
          "adder"
        ],
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ],
        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ],
        [
          "viper",
          "viper"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“[You] progeny of vipers! Who showed you [how/where] to flee from the coming wrath?”",
          "ref": "c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Matthew.3.7",
          "text": "prōgeniēs vīperārum quis dēmōnstrāvit vōbīs fugere ā futūrā īrā",
          "translation": "“[You] progeny of vipers! Who showed you [how/where] to flee from the coming wrath?”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "someone who is malicious, vicious, treacherous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "malicious",
          "malicious"
        ],
        [
          "vicious",
          "vicious"
        ],
        [
          "treacherous",
          "treacherous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) someone who is malicious, vicious, treacherous"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwiː.pɛ.ra]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈviː.pe.ra]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vipera"
}

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