from Proto-Indo-European *serp- "to crawl, creep"
also the source of Sanskrit sarpati "creeps"
Serpens is also the name of a constellation, consisting of two separate parts, the head (Serpens Caput) and the tail (Serpens Cauda), with Ophiuchus (Serpent Bearer) in between.
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
⚜ | classic definition |
☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |