colubrina
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Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Occitan colobrina, derived from Classical Latin coluber (“snake”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]colubrina f (plural colubrine)
- (historical) culverin (firearm)
- 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 11”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 25; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:
- qual sagra, qual falcon, qual colubrina
sento nomar, come al suo autor piú agrada;
che ’l ferro spezza, e i marmi apre e ruina,
e ovunque passa si fa dar la strada.- I hear one [cannon] being named sagro, one falconet, one culverin, as their creator sees fittest. It breaks iron, and cracks and destroys marble, and makes way wherever it passes.
- 1554, Niccolò Tartaglia, “Libro primo - Quesito undecimo [First Book - Eleventh question]”, in Quesiti et inventioni diverse [Various questions and inventions][1]:
- Colubrina da lire. 20. di longhezza piedi. 10. uol di metallo lire. 4300. & per condurla buoui para
- [Colubrina da lire 20, di longhezza piedi 10, vol di metallo lire 4300, e per condurla buovi para]
- A 10-feet-long 20-pound culverin needs 4300 pounds of metal, and prepare oxen to move it.
- 1742, “1 6 8 6.”, in Azioni egregie operate in guerra [Distinguished deeds done at war][2], page 208:
- I Nemici, conoſciuta impenetrabile la falange Criſtiana, finſero di dar addietro ſu un Colle, ove ſtavano in aguato alcune Colubrine, cuſtodite da ſeicento Gianizzeri.
- [I nemici, conosciuta impenetrabile la falange cristiana, finsero di dar addietro su un colle, ove stavano in aguato alcune colubrine, custodite da seicento gianizzeri.]
- The foes, having learned that the Christian phalanx [was] impenetrable, feigned retreating upon a hill, where several culverins, guarded by six hundred janissaries, were waiting.
- 1901, Emilio Salgari, “La caccia all'Alambra [The hunt for the Alhambra]” (chapter 24), in La regina dei Caraibi [The Queen of the Caribbean][3], published 1966, page 208:
- Un altro soldato giaceva dietro ad alcuni barili e ad un vecchio affusto di colubrina.
- Another soldier was lying behind some barrels, and an old culverin stand.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- colubrina on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Etymology 2
[edit]Learned borrowing from Late Latin colubrīna (“arum”), nominalized feminine form of Classical Latin colubrīnus (“serpent-like”), derived from coluber (“snake”).
Noun
[edit]colubrina f (plural colubrine)
- Good King Henry (the plant Blitum bonus-henricus)
- Synonym: buon enrico
References
[edit]- colubrina1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- colubrina2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- colubrīna: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ko.luˈbriː.na/, [kɔɫ̪ʊˈbriːnä]
- colubrīna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.luˈbri.na/, [koluˈbriːnä]
- colubrīnā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ko.luˈbriː.naː/, [kɔɫ̪ʊˈbriːnäː]
- colubrīnā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.luˈbri.na/, [koluˈbriːnä]
Etymology 1
[edit]Nominalized feminine singular form of Classical Latin colubrīnus (“serpent-like”), derived from coluber (“snake”).
Noun
[edit]colubrīna f (genitive colubrīnae); first declension
- (Late Latin) arum
- (Medieval Latin) culverin (firearm)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | colubrīna | colubrīnae |
genitive | colubrīnae | colubrīnārum |
dative | colubrīnae | colubrīnīs |
accusative | colubrīnam | colubrīnās |
ablative | colubrīnā | colubrīnīs |
vocative | colubrīna | colubrīnae |
Descendants
[edit]- → Italian: colubrina (learned)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]colubrīna
- inflection of colubrīnus:
Adjective
[edit]colubrīnā
References
[edit]- colubrina 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)
- colubrina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- colubrina in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: co‧lu‧bri‧na
Noun
[edit]colubrina f (plural colubrinas)
- culverin (an early type of handgun)
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