adder

Latin translation: vipera (berus)

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English term or phrase:adder
Latin translation:vipera (berus)
Entered by: Vicky Papaprodromou

21:54 Mar 23, 2004
English to Latin translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / adder in latin means
English term or phrase: adder
i need to know how totransilate adder into latin language
vipera berus
Explanation:
http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/species/amphibia/adder.html
http://www.wartsoc.co.uk/vb.html
http://www.animals-online.be/reptiles/echte_adders/common_ad...

Adder (Vipera berus)

Local status and distribution
The Adder is rare in Warwickshire and only occurs at a few known sites in the county making up only 5% of the total reptile records. In Victorian times the Adder was described as not abundant in the county, being absent from alluvial areas and mainly found in sandy or stony places.

Description
The Adder is a small, stout snake with a distinctive continuous zigzag on the back. It has a well defined head compared to the grass snake and rarely grows longer than 65cm (2 feet). Body colour is variable, males are usually grey or buff with a black zigzag whereas females are brown with a dark brown zigzag. The Adder is the only native snake having elliptical, as opposed to round pupils. Occasionally black (melanistic) Adders are found but none have been reported in Warwickshire.

Ecology
The Adder is typically found in heathland and moorland but in Warwickshire it is associated with railway embankments, rough grassland and scrub. Male snakes are the first to come out of hibernation, females emerging a couple of weeks later. Mating takes place in April and early May and is often preceded by a ritualistic behaviour pattern by the males, who dance with each other in a trial of strength to gain access to the female who is often in the near vicinity. Female Adders do not breed every year because they need at least one intervening year to feed up and regain breeding condition. Once pregnant they cease to feed for the 3 to 4 month gestation period whilst the embryos develop inside the body. Six to twenty young are born alive, usually by the beginning of September.

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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Local time: 11:41
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5 +5vipera berus
Vicky Papaprodromou
5 +2vipera
telis (X)


  

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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
vipera berus


Explanation:
http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/species/amphibia/adder.html
http://www.wartsoc.co.uk/vb.html
http://www.animals-online.be/reptiles/echte_adders/common_ad...

Adder (Vipera berus)

Local status and distribution
The Adder is rare in Warwickshire and only occurs at a few known sites in the county making up only 5% of the total reptile records. In Victorian times the Adder was described as not abundant in the county, being absent from alluvial areas and mainly found in sandy or stony places.

Description
The Adder is a small, stout snake with a distinctive continuous zigzag on the back. It has a well defined head compared to the grass snake and rarely grows longer than 65cm (2 feet). Body colour is variable, males are usually grey or buff with a black zigzag whereas females are brown with a dark brown zigzag. The Adder is the only native snake having elliptical, as opposed to round pupils. Occasionally black (melanistic) Adders are found but none have been reported in Warwickshire.

Ecology
The Adder is typically found in heathland and moorland but in Warwickshire it is associated with railway embankments, rough grassland and scrub. Male snakes are the first to come out of hibernation, females emerging a couple of weeks later. Mating takes place in April and early May and is often preceded by a ritualistic behaviour pattern by the males, who dance with each other in a trial of strength to gain access to the female who is often in the near vicinity. Female Adders do not breed every year because they need at least one intervening year to feed up and regain breeding condition. Once pregnant they cease to feed for the 3 to 4 month gestation period whilst the embryos develop inside the body. Six to twenty young are born alive, usually by the beginning of September.



Vicky Papaprodromou
Greece
Local time: 11:41
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Valentini Mellas
0 min
  -> Thanks, Val!

agree  Will Matter: nice, complete, correct answer
2 mins
  -> Thank you so much...for your nice words, too!

neutral  telis (X): There is a difference between the "Latin term" & the "scientific term"./ In Classical Latin "anguis" and "serpens" were used for the generic "snake", with the rare exception of "vipera" IN POETIC TEXTS ONLY. Adder/Viper is "vipera". As simple as that.
5 mins
  -> I can't help agreeing with you. I have no clue the asker wants the classical Latin term so please do not just disregard the scientific term. This goes further than cold and hot drinks, doesn't it? Such a pity...

agree  Georgios Paraskevopoulos
4 hrs
  -> Thanks!

agree  verbis: yes, in case the scientific term is to be preferred, ciao!!!!!
15 hrs
  -> Ciao, Laura!

agree  Mario Marcolin
6 days
  -> Thanks!
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
vipera


Explanation:
vipera

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Note added at 27 mins (2004-03-23 22:22:55 GMT)
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http://adams.allwords.com/word-viperish.html?SearchType=3&Ke...

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Note added at 59 mins (2004-03-23 22:54:07 GMT)
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The translation of the English word \"adder\" in Latin is \"vipera\". The SCIENTIFIC term is \"vipera berus\", but this is not the same as the TRANSLATION EQUIVALENT. For example, \"lupus\" in Latin is \"wolf\". The SCIENTIFIC term for \"wolf\" is \"CANIS LUPUS\". Two different things. The famous saying \"homo homini lupus\" (man is a wolf to his fellow-man) would be RIDICULOUS if translated as \"homo homini canis lupus\"!!!

It all depends on what you need here.



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Note added at 59 mins (2004-03-23 22:54:29 GMT)
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The translation of the English word \"adder\" in Latin is \"vipera\". The SCIENTIFIC term is \"vipera berus\", but this is not the same as the TRANSLATION EQUIVALENT. For example, \"lupus\" in Latin is \"wolf\". The SCIENTIFIC term for \"wolf\" is \"CANIS LUPUS\". Two different things. The famous saying \"homo homini lupus\" (man is a wolf to his fellow-man) would be RIDICULOUS if translated as \"homo homini canis lupus\"!!!

It all depends on what you need here.



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Note added at 1 hr 1 min (2004-03-23 22:56:44 GMT)
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\"...um congregasset autem Paulus sarmentorum aliquantam multitudinem et inposuisset super ignem vipera a calore cum processisset invasit manum eius\" (And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid [them] on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.) Acts 28:3

28:4 And w

telis (X)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Valentini Mellas: Please refer to Vicky's offered translation which is also the official name for the viper // Then be so kind as to offer passages of latin text with just your translation... The answer needs to be justified in the target language..not merely in the source
24 mins
  -> Did the speaker specifically ask for the official zoological term? Or do you expect to find "vipera berus" in classical Latin texts?// I am sure that the liberal use of unwarranted "disagree"s is incentive enough to inundate the asker with Latin texts.

agree  verbis: with telis!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 hr

agree  Georgios Paraskevopoulos: agree with Telis ??? Hard comment Val
4 hrs

agree  Vicky Papaprodromou: As long as the classical Latin term is required here, I am with you, too! No need to "neutralize", is there?
4 hrs
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