colubrina

Italian

FWOTD – 11 April 2024

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)

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

• 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)

1. Good King Henry (the plant Blitum bonus-henricus)

   Synonym: buon enrico

References

• 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

• brulicano

Latin

Pronunciation

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

1. (Late Latin) arum
2. (Medieval Latin) culverin (firearm)

Declension

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

• → Italian: colubrina (learned)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

colubrīna

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

Adjective

colubrīnā

1. 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^[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.luˈbɾĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.luˈbɾĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.luˈbɾi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.luˈbɾi.nɐ/ [ku.luˈβɾi.nɐ]

• Hyphenation: co‧lu‧bri‧na

Noun

colubrina f (plural colubrinas)

1. culverin (an early type of handgun)