colubrinus

Latin

Etymology

From coluber +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ko.luˈbriː.nus/, [kɔɫ̪ʊˈbriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.luˈbri.nus/, [koluˈbriːnus]

Adjective

colubrīnus (feminine colubrīna, neuter colubrīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. serpent-like; cunning

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	colubrīnus	colubrīna	colubrīnum		colubrīnī	colubrīnae	colubrīna
Genitive	colubrīnī	colubrīnae	colubrīnī		colubrīnōrum	colubrīnārum	colubrīnōrum
Dative	colubrīnō		colubrīnō		colubrīnīs
Accusative	colubrīnum	colubrīnam	colubrīnum		colubrīnōs	colubrīnās	colubrīna
Ablative	colubrīnō	colubrīnā	colubrīnō		colubrīnīs
Vocative	colubrīne	colubrīna	colubrīnum		colubrīnī	colubrīnae	colubrīna

Related terms

• coluber

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Middle French: coulevrine (or derived from couleuvre + -ine)
    • French: couleuvrine
    • → Middle English: culveryne
      • English: culverin
• Borrowed:
  • → English: colubrine
  • → French: colubrin
  • → Italian: colubrina
  • → Portuguese: colubrino

References

• “colubrinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• colubrinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.