† ophitesn.

Forms: Middle English–1800s ophites, 1600s ophitis.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin ophītēs a stone with snake-like markings, probably serpentine (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek ὀϕίτης (in ὀϕίτης λίθος ) serpentine stone < ancient Greek ὄϕις serpent (see ophio- comb. form) + -ίτης -ite suffix¹.

Geology. Obsolete.

= ophite n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > serpentine

ophitesa1398

serpentine1426

ophite1592

serpentine marble1601

serpentine stone1662

viper-stone1741

verd-antique1745

verde antico1753

serpent-stone1757

ophiolite1824

ophicalcite1866

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202^v Marbell is y-cleped ophites, for it is y-spekked liche an addre.

a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 111 (MED) Þat marble is cleped ophites, for it is specked like an edder.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 15 That kinde of Marble which is called Ophites, which hath spottes like a Serpent.

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. M3^v A rich stone which the Lapidaries called Ophitis, because it is speckled like a snake.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. 315 A Ball of Serpentine Marble; called Ophites, from the winding of the Veins.

a1763 C. Smart Jubilate Agno (fragment D) in Poet. Wks. (1980) I. 108 Let Crook, house of Crook rejoice with Ophites black spotted marble.

1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. v. 149 About the church are six hundred pillars of marble, porphyry, and ophites.

1890 Cent. Dict. Ophites, serpentine stone, so called, according to Pliny, because it is spotted like a snake.]

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ophites
释义	† ophitesn. Forms: Middle English–1800s ophites, 1600s ophitis. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ophītēs. Etymology: < classical Latin ophītēs a stone with snake-like markings, probably serpentine (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek ὀϕίτης (in ὀϕίτης λίθος ) serpentine stone < ancient Greek ὄϕις serpent (see ophio- comb. form) + -ίτης -ite suffix¹. Geology. Obsolete. = ophite n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > serpentine ophitesa1398 serpentine1426 ophite1592 serpentine marble1601 serpentine stone1662 viper-stone1741 verd-antique1745 verde antico1753 serpent-stone1757 ophiolite1824 ophicalcite1866 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202^v Marbell is y-cleped ophites, for it is y-spekked liche an addre. a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 111 (MED) Þat marble is cleped ophites, for it is specked like an edder. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 15 That kinde of Marble which is called Ophites, which hath spottes like a Serpent. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. M3^v A rich stone which the Lapidaries called Ophitis, because it is speckled like a snake. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. 315 A Ball of Serpentine Marble; called Ophites, from the winding of the Veins. a1763 C. Smart Jubilate Agno (fragment D) in Poet. Wks. (1980) I. 108 Let Crook, house of Crook rejoice with Ophites black spotted marble. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. v. 149 About the church are six hundred pillars of marble, porphyry, and ophites. 1890 Cent. Dict. Ophites, serpentine stone, so called, according to Pliny, because it is spotted like a snake.] This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1398
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