单词 | ophiophagus |
释义 | Definition of ophiophagus in English:ophiophagusnoun ˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs
OriginMid 16th century (in an earlier sense). In sense 1 from classical Latin Ophiophagī (masculine plural), lit. ‘the snake-eaters’, used as the name of an African people, probably from Byzantine Greek ὀϕιοϕάγος snake-eating from Hellenistic Greek ὀϕιο- + ancient Greek -ϕάγος. Definition of ophiophagus in US English:ophiophagusnounˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs
OriginMid 16th century (in an earlier sense). In sense 1 from classical Latin Ophiophagī (masculine plural), lit. ‘the snake-eaters’, used as the name of an African people, probably from Byzantine Greek ὀϕιοϕάγος snake-eating from Hellenistic Greek ὀϕιο- + ancient Greek -ϕάγος. |
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