serpent, snake; Furies; (head of) Hydra
Latin word, found 27 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Georgics 2.320: candida venit avis longis invisa colubris,
Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.475: movit et obstantes reiecit ab ore colubras
Petronius, Satyricon 45: … em Glyco putabat Hermogenis filicem unquam bonum exitum facturam? Ille milvo volanti poterat ungues resecare; colubra restem non parit. Glyco, Glyco dedit suas; itaque quamdiu vixerit, habebit stigmam, nec illam nisi Orcus dele …
All forms of colubra