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If there are three words less appropriate to be associated with the aspis, I can’t think of them.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2022
There are words for the aspis, but “unity” isn’t one of them.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2022
The coluber aspis of Linnæus is not venomous, and we may therefore conclude that the aspic was of the same species as our viper.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Asp, asp, Aspic, asp′ik, n. a popular name applied loosely to various genera of venomous serpents—now chiefly to the Vipera aspis of Southern Europe.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The use of the aspis in Homer, therefore, throws no suspicion on the concomitant use of the corslet.
From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew
