consobrina

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Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ sobrīna.

Pronunciation

Noun

cōnsobrīna f (genitive cōnsobrīnae, masculine cōnsobrīnus); first declension

  1. a first cousin, cousin-german
  2. a maternal female cousin; the child of a mother's brother
  3. a relation

Usage notes

This term is most often encountered in the plural form cōnsobrīnī, referring to cousins of either gender.

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

  • consobrina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • consobrina 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)