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coluber

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See also: Coluber

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coluber m (genitive colubrī); second declension

  1. snake, serpent

Declension

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Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

singular plural
nominative coluber colubrī
genitive colubrī colubrōrum
dative colubrō colubrīs
accusative colubrum colubrōs
ablative colubrō colubrīs
vocative coluber colubrī

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also colubra.

References

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  1. ^ 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, →ISBN, page 126

Further reading

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  • 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, →ISBN, page 126
  • coluber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • coluber in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016