colubra

Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of coluber (“snake, serpent”).

Pronunciation

Noun

colubra f (genitive colubrae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative colubra colubrae
genitive colubrae colubrārum
dative colubrae colubrīs
accusative colubram colubrās
ablative colubrā colubrīs
vocative colubra colubrae

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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