anguis

Meaning

1. (declension-3, feminine, masculine) snake, serpent, dragon
2. (Greek, declension-3, feminine, masculine) Hydra
3. (declension-3, feminine, masculine) the constellation Hydra

Concepts

snake

🐍

serpent

adder

wriggler

Synonyms

serpens

vipera

serpēns

colūbra

colubra

Translations

serpiente

🐍

serpente

Schlange

🐍

serpente

🐍

serpent

🐍

slang

🐍

yılan

🐍

serp

🐍

cobra

🐍

φίδι

culebra

🐍

serpe

🐍

sèrp

serpent

🐍

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈaŋ.ɡʷɪs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). Cognates include Old Prussian angis, Old Armenian աւձ (awj), Old High German unc, unko (“snake”), and Old East Slavic ѫжь (ǫžĭ).