colubra

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lu.bra/

Noun

colubra f (genitive colubrae); first declension

a female snake, serpent
(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

Related terms

coluber
colubrifer
colubrimodus
colubrīnus
colubrōsus

Descendants

Asturian: culiebra
Catalan: colobra
French: couleuvre
Occitan: colòbra
Old Portuguese: coobra
- Galician: cobra
- Portuguese: cobra (see there for further descendants)
Spanish: culebra
- → Papiamentu: kolebra

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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