coluber, colubri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension · variant: 3rd
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
snake; serpent; (forming hair of mythical monsters);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | coluber | colubri |
| Gen. | colubri | colubrorum |
| Dat. | colubro | colubris |
| Acc. | colubrum | colubros |
| Voc. | coluber | colubri |
| Abl. | colubro | colubris |
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...leonumore fouent blando; gelidos his explicat orbesinque pruinoso coluber distenditur aruo;uiperei coeunt abrupto corpore nodi, 490humanoque cadit..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vipeream inspirans animam; fit tortile collo aurum ingens coluber, fit longae taenia vittae innectitque comas et membris lubricus..."Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...uipera delituit caelumque exterrita fugit, aut tecto adsuetus coluber succedere et umbrae (pestis acerba boum) pecorique aspergere uirus..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...celeremque metu celer urget amore. ecce latens herba coluber fugientis adunco dente pedem strinxit virusque in corpore liquit..."