Furina

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Furina f 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 – clade; 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 (“to seethe”) and fermentum (“yeast”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fuːˈriː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fuˈriː.na] === Proper noun === Fūrīna f sg (genitive Fūrīnae); first declension (Roman mythology) A goddess worshipped in ancient Rome, said to be the goddess of springs. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === 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.