colubrina

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ko.luˈbri.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: co‧lu‧brì‧na

Etymology 1

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From Old Occitan colobrina, derived from Classical Latin coluber (snake).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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colubrina f (plural colubrine)

  1. (historical) culverin (firearm)
    • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 11”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 25; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:
      qual sagra, qual falcon, qual colubrina
      sento nomar, come al suo autor piú agrada;
      che ’l ferro spezza, e i marmi apre e ruina,
      e ovunque passa si fa dar la strada.
      I hear one [cannon] being named sagro, one falconet, one culverin, as their creator sees fittest. It breaks iron, and cracks and destroys marble, and makes way wherever it passes.
    • 1554, Niccolò Tartaglia, “Libro primo - Quesito undecimo [First Book - Eleventh question]”, in Quesiti et inventioni diverse [Various questions and inventions]‎[1]:
      Colubrina da lire. 20. di longhezza piedi. 10. uol di metallo lire. 4300. & per condurla buoui para
      [Colubrina da lire 20, di longhezza piedi 10, vol di metallo lire 4300, e per condurla buovi para]
      A 10-feet-long 20-pound culverin needs 4300 pounds of metal, and prepare oxen to move it.
    • 1742, “1 6 8 6.”, in Azioni egregie operate in guerra [Distinguished deeds done at war]‎[2], page 208:
      I Nemici, conoſciuta impenetrabile la falange Criſtiana, finſero di dar addietro ſu un Colle, ove ſtavano in aguato alcune Colubrine, cuſtodite da ſeicento Gianizzeri.
      [I nemici, conosciuta impenetrabile la falange cristiana, finsero di dar addietro su un colle, ove stavano in aguato alcune colubrine, custodite da seicento gianizzeri.]
      The foes, having learned that the Christian phalanx [was] impenetrable, feigned retreating upon a hill, where several culverins, guarded by six hundred janissaries, were waiting.
    • 1901, Emilio Salgari, “La caccia all'Alambra [The hunt for the Alhambra]” (chapter 24), in La regina dei Caraibi [The Queen of the Caribbean]‎[3], published 1966, page 208:
      Un altro soldato giaceva dietro ad alcuni barili e ad un vecchio affusto di colubrina.
      Another soldier was lying behind some barrels, and an old culverin stand.
Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin colubrīna (arum), nominalized feminine form of Classical Latin colubrīnus (serpent-like), derived from coluber (snake).

Noun

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colubrina f (plural colubrine)

  1. Good King Henry (the plant Blitum bonus-henricus)
    Synonym: buon enrico

References

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  • colubrina1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • colubrina2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Nominalized feminine singular form of Classical Latin colubrīnus (serpent-like), derived from coluber (snake).

Noun

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colubrīna f (genitive colubrīnae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) arum
  2. (Medieval Latin) culverin (firearm)
Declension
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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colubrīna colubrīnae
Genitive colubrīnae colubrīnārum
Dative colubrīnae colubrīnīs
Accusative colubrīnam colubrīnās
Ablative colubrīnā colubrīnīs
Vocative colubrīna colubrīnae
Descendants
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  • Italian: colubrina (learned)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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colubrīna

  1. inflection of colubrīnus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

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colubrīnā

  1. ablative feminine singular of colubrīnus

References

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  • colubrina 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)
  • colubrina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • colubrina in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: co‧lu‧bri‧na

Noun

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colubrina f (plural colubrinas)

  1. culverin (an early type of handgun)