1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay xvii. 310 This Deuill which hath marred..the whole earth was a Serpent, (whom he calleth ὀϕιογενῆ or ὀϕιόνιον (?), that is to say, Snakebread or Adderbread [Fr. race serpentine],) which armeth men by whole troopes against God.