culuebro

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin colober, altered from Classical Latin coluber.

Pronunciation

Noun

culuebro m (plural culuebros)

  1. snake, serpent
    • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 12v. b.
      Dixo ael el ſẽnor q̃ es. Eſſo de tu mano Reſpuſo uerga. E dixo echala en tierra echola & fizos culuebro.
      The Lord said to him: "What is that in your hand?", and he responded: "a rod", then he said: "cast it down", and so he cast it and it became a serpent.
    • Idem, f. 23v. b.
      enbio el nr̃o ſeñor en el pueblo culuebros e eſcorpiones / a qui mordian los iudios los culuebros
      and our Lord sent among the people snakes and scorpions / here the snakes bit the Jews

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Descendants

  • Spanish: culebro