† rinatrixn.

Forms: Middle English rynatrix, Middle English–1600s 1800s rinatrix, 1600s rhimatrix, 1600s rimatrix.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rinatrix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin rinatrix (c1230–50 in the passage translated in quot. a1398, or earlier; 1586 or earlier as rimatrix ), former reading at Lucan 9. 720, where modern editions read classical Latin et natrīx ‘and the water snake’ (see adder n.¹). Compare scientific Latin Natrix, genus name.

Obsolete.

A kind of water snake (not identified) formerly believed to poison water.Perhaps a non-venomous snake of the genus Natrix, such as the dice snake, N. tessellata.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > aquatic

water addereOE

rinatrixa1398

water snake1527

water serpent1530

sea-adder1601

hydra1608

sea-serpent1672

water viper1737

sea-snake1827

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 325 Rynatrix is a certein venemous serpent þat infectiþ water... Þe serpent rinatrix [L. Rinatrix] sitteþ on hire eiren nygh watris and welles and infecteþe hem and corrumpiþ wiþ ful wikked venyme; of þis serpent lucanus spekeþ.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 101 Rinatrix is a Serpent which with enuenoming poysoneth y^e water, so that into what cleare Fountaine or Riuer he swimmeth, he infecteth it.

1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 115 Rinatrix is a poysenous enuenom'd Serpent, That doth infect the riuers and the fountaines.

1877 Churchman's Shilling Mag. June 418 Is there still extant that serpent named Rinatrix, which had a habit of mischievously poisoning water-springs?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	rinatrix
释义	† rinatrixn. Forms: Middle English rynatrix, Middle English–1600s 1800s rinatrix, 1600s rhimatrix, 1600s rimatrix. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rinatrix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin rinatrix (c1230–50 in the passage translated in quot. a1398, or earlier; 1586 or earlier as rimatrix ), former reading at Lucan 9. 720, where modern editions read classical Latin et natrīx ‘and the water snake’ (see adder n.¹). Compare scientific Latin Natrix, genus name. Obsolete. A kind of water snake (not identified) formerly believed to poison water.Perhaps a non-venomous snake of the genus Natrix, such as the dice snake, N. tessellata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > aquatic water addereOE rinatrixa1398 water snake1527 water serpent1530 sea-adder1601 hydra1608 sea-serpent1672 water viper1737 sea-snake1827 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 325 Rynatrix is a certein venemous serpent þat infectiþ water... Þe serpent rinatrix [L. Rinatrix] sitteþ on hire eiren nygh watris and welles and infecteþe hem and corrumpiþ wiþ ful wikked venyme; of þis serpent lucanus spekeþ. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 101 Rinatrix is a Serpent which with enuenoming poysoneth y^e water, so that into what cleare Fountaine or Riuer he swimmeth, he infecteth it. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 115 Rinatrix is a poysenous enuenom'd Serpent, That doth infect the riuers and the fountaines. 1877 Churchman's Shilling Mag. June 418 Is there still extant that serpent named Rinatrix, which had a habit of mischievously poisoning water-springs? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1398
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