# colubrina
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ko.luˈbri.na/
* Rhymes: -ina
* Hyphenation: co‧lu‧brì‧na

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* colobrina

#### Noun

colubrina f (plural colubrine)
* (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]‎: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]‎, 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]‎, 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

* colubrinetta

#### Further reading

* colubrina on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

colubrina f (plural colubrine)
* Good King Henry (the plant Blitum bonus-henricus)
    Synonym: buon enrico

### References

* colubrina$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* colubrina$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* brulicano

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* colubrīna: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ko.luˈbriː.na/, [kɔɫ̪ʊˈbriːnä]
* colubrīna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ko.luˈbri.na/, [koluˈbriːnä]
* colubrīnā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ko.luˈbriː.naː/, [kɔɫ̪ʊˈbriːnäː]
* colubrīnā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ko.luˈbri.na/, [koluˈbriːnä]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

colubrīna f (genitive colubrīnae); first declension
* (Late Latin) arum
* (Medieval Latin) culverin (firearm)

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* → Italian: colubrina (learned)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

colubrīna
* inflection of colubrīnus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Adjective

colubrīnā
* ablative feminine singular of colubrīnus

### References

* "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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ko.luˈbɾĩ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ko.luˈbɾĩ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ko.luˈbɾi.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ku.luˈbɾi.nɐ/ [ku.luˈβɾi.nɐ]
* Hyphenation: co‧lu‧bri‧na

### Noun

colubrina f (plural colubrinas)
* culverin (an early type of handgun)