colubra

== Latin == === Etymology === From coluber (“snake, serpent”) + -a (feminine suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔ.ɫʊ.bra], [kɔˈɫʊb.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.lu.bra], [koˈlub.ra] === Noun === colubra f (genitive colubrae); first declension a female snake, serpent (in general) snake, serpent Synonyms: anguis, coluber, serpēns ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Vulgar Latin: *colŏbra (see there for further descendants) === References === “colubra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “colubra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “colubra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.