O"phite, n. [L. ophites, Gr.
'ofi`ths (sc. ?), a kind of marble spotted like a
serpent: cf. F. ophite.] (Min.) 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. -- O*phi"ic (#),
a.
O"phite, n. [L. Ophitae, pl. See
Ophite, a.] (Eccl.Hist.) A
mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second
century.
O"phite (?), a. [Gr.
'ofi`ths, fr. 'o`fis a serpent.] Of or
pertaining to a serpent. [Obs.]