consobrina

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From con- +‎ sobrīna.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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)