colubrinus

Latin

Etymology

From coluber +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

colubrīnus (feminine colubrīna, neuter colubrīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. serpent-like; cunning

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative colubrīnus colubrīna colubrīnum colubrīnī colubrīnae colubrīna
genitive colubrīnī colubrīnae colubrīnī colubrīnōrum colubrīnārum colubrīnōrum
dative colubrīnō colubrīnae colubrīnō colubrīnīs
accusative colubrīnum colubrīnam colubrīnum colubrīnōs colubrīnās colubrīna
ablative colubrīnō colubrīnā colubrīnō colubrīnīs
vocative colubrīne colubrīna colubrīnum colubrīnī colubrīnae colubrīna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Inherited:
    • Middle French: coulevrine (or derived from couleuvre + -ine)
  • Borrowed:

References

  • “colubrinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • colubrinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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