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Latin
Etymology
Unknown origin, but possibly related in some way to colus (via Proto-Italic *kolozros?).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
coluber m (genitive colubrī); second declension
- snake, serpent
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
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Descendants
See also colubra.
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References
- ^ 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
- “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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016