Furina

Translingual

Proper noun

Furina f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Caenophidia – suborder; Elapoidea – superfamily; Elapidae – family

Further reading

• Furina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Furina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Furina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Alternative forms

• Fūrrīna

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-, the same root of Latin ferveō (“I seethe”) and fermentum (“yeast”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fuːˈriː.na/, [fuːˈriːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fuˈri.na/, [fuˈriːnä]

Proper noun

Fūrīna f sg (genitive Fūrīnae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) A goddess worshipped in ancient Rome, said to be the goddess of springs.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Fūrīna
genitive	Fūrīnae
dative	Fūrīnae
accusative	Fūrīnam
ablative	Fūrīnā
vocative	Fūrīna

References

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