Ophite

Ophite , adjective

[Greek 'ofi`ths, from 'o`fis a serpent.]

Of or pertaining to a serpent. [Obsolete]

Ophite (#) , noun

[Latin ophites, Greek 'ofi`ths (sc. {not transcribed}), a kind of marble spotted like a serpent: compare French ophite.]

(Mineralogy) A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance.

Ophite , noun

[Latin Ophitae, pl. See Ophite, a.]

(Ecclesiastical Hist.) A member of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.