I.serpent-bearing: “caput,” Ov. M. 4, 741: “Gorgo,” Prop. 2, 2, 8.—Hence, subst.: Anguĭfer , fĕri, m. (as transl. of Ὀφιοῦχος), the serpent-bearer, the constellation Serpentarius or Ophiuchus, Col. 11, 2, 49; cf. anguitenens.
anguĭfer (trisyl. ), fĕra, fĕrum, adj. anguis-fero,