consobrina

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ sobrīna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.soˈbriː.na/, [kõːs̠ɔˈbriːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.soˈbri.na/, [konsoˈbriːnä]

Noun

cōnsobrīna f (genitive cōnsobrīnae, masculine cōnsobrīnus); first declension

1. a first cousin, cousin-german
2. a maternal female cousin; the child of a mother's brother
3. a relation

Usage notes

This term is most often encountered in the plural form cōnsobrīnī, referring to cousins of either gender.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnsobrīna	cōnsobrīnae
Genitive	cōnsobrīnae	cōnsobrīnārum
Dative	cōnsobrīnae	cōnsobrīnīs
Accusative	cōnsobrīnam	cōnsobrīnās
Ablative	cōnsobrīnā	cōnsobrīnīs
Vocative	cōnsobrīna	cōnsobrīnae

Related terms

• cōnsobrīnus

References

• “consobrina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consobrina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)