ophite

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒfʌɪt/, /ˈəʊfʌɪt/

From Latin ophites, from Ancient Greek ὀφίτης (ophítēs) (Etymology 2, below). Compare ophites.

ophite (countable and uncountable, plural ophites)

1. (geology) Any of various rocks having snake-like markings, such as a mottled greenish porphyry. [from 16th c.]

From Ancient Greek ὀφίτης (ophítēs).

ophite (comparative more ophite, superlative most ophite)

1. (rare) Serpent-like; ophidian. [from 19th c.]
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 243:

     The idols represented the eons, divine emanations, and their origin was probably ophite – about which we know a thing or two at first hand.

• Ethiop, Peitho, phoeti, phœti

ophītē

1. ablative singular of ophītēs
2. vocative singular of ophītēs