colubra
Latin
Etymology
Feminine form of coluber (“snake, serpent”); coluber + -a (feminine suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔ.ɫʊ.bra], [kɔˈɫʊb.ra]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.lu.bra], [koˈlub.ra]
Noun
colubra f (genitive colubrae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | colubra | colubrae |
| genitive | colubrae | colubrārum |
| dative | colubrae | colubrīs |
| accusative | colubram | colubrās |
| ablative | colubrā | colubrīs |
| vocative | colubra | colubrae |
Related terms
- coluber
- colubrifer
- colubrimodus
- colubrīnus
- colubrōsus
Descendants
- Old Asturian: cuélebra
- Vulgar Latin: *colŏbra (see there for further descendants)
References
- “colubra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “colubra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- colubra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.