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dipsăcos, i, f., = δίψακος, the plant teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, Linn.; Plin. 27, 9, 47, § 71.

1. dipsas, ădis, f., = διψάς, a kind of serpent whose bite causes violent thirst, the Coluber Vipera, Linn.; Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 152; Mart. 3, 44, 7; Luc. 9, 610; 718; Sil. 3, 313; Vulg. Deut. 8, 15.

2. Dipsas, ădis, f., a name given to an old bawd, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 2.