Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ophiuchus

Ophiuchus , noun

[Latin, from Greek {not transcribed}, lit., holding a serpent; 'o`fis a serpent + {not transcribed} to hold.]

(Astronomy) A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius.