colubra

Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of coluber (“snake, serpent”); coluber +‎ -a (feminine suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.lu.bra/, [ˈkɔɫ̪ʊbrä] or IPA(key): /koˈlub.ra/, [kɔˈɫ̪ʊbrä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.lu.bra/, [ˈkɔːlubrä] or IPA(key): /koˈlub.ra/, [koˈlubrä]

Noun

colubra f (genitive colubrae); first declension

  1. a female snake, serpent
  2. (in general) snake, serpent
    Synonyms: anguis, coluber, serpēns

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colubra colubrae
Genitive colubrae colubrārum
Dative colubrae colubrīs
Accusative colubram colubrās
Ablative colubrā colubrīs
Vocative colubra colubrae

Descendants
  • Old Asturian: cuélebra
  • Vulgar Latin: *colobra (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
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