coluber

See also: Coluber

Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin, but possibly related in some way to colus (via Proto-Italic *kolos-ro-?).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.lu.ber/, [ˈkɔ.ɫʊ.bɛr]

Noun

coluber m (genitive colubrī); second declension

  1. snake, serpent

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coluber colubrī
Genitive colubrī colubrōrum
Dative colubrō colubrīs
Accusative colubrum colubrōs
Ablative colubrō colubrīs
Vocative coluber colubrī

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Occitan: colòbra
  • Portuguese: cobra
  • Sardinian: caloru, caboru, caoru, coloru
  • Spanish: culebra

Notes
  1. De Vaan (2008).

References
  • coluber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • coluber in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “colubra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 126
  • coluber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • coluber in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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