Dipsas

Heb. צמאון Tzimaon Greek Διψάς.DIPSAS, a sort of Serpent, the biting whereof produces such a thirst as proves mortal; whence it is called Dipsas¹, which in Greek signifies thirsty. In Latin it is called situla, a pail. Moses speaks of it in Deut. viii. 15. Ductor tuus fuit in solitudine, … in qua erat Scorpio ac Dipsas. The Hebrew word Tzimaon answers very well to the Greek, Dipsas, and expresses the thirst occasioned by the biting of this Serpent. Some by the Hebrew Tzimaon understand a desart and dry place.

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