noun
ăgăthŏdaemon
Meaning
- a kind of serpent in Egypt to which healing power was ascribed
ăgăthŏdaemon, ŏnis, m., = ἀγαθοδαίμων (good genius),
I. a kind of serpent in Egypt to which healing power was ascribed, Coluber Aesculapii, Linn.; Lampr. Heliog. 28.