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
- M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."