colober

Latin

Etymology

From Classical Latin coluber, with lowering from /ŭ/ to /ŏ/ prompted by the following /β/ (< /b/). Cf. Classical Latin ōvum (“egg”) > Vulgar Latin */ɔβu/ (not */oβu/).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Proto-Romance) IPA(key): /koˈlɔβru/

Noun

colober m (genitive colobrī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin, proscribed) snake, serpent
    • 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi:
      coluber non colober
      [Say or write] coluber, not colober.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colober colobrī
Genitive colobrī colobrōrum
Dative colobrō colobrīs
Accusative colobrum colobrōs
Ablative colobrō colobrīs
Vocative colober colobrī

Descendants
  • Asturian: cuélebre
  • Old Spanish: culuebro
  • Sardinian: colovru, coloru, caloru, caboru, caoru

See also

References
  1. Lausberg, Heinrich. 1970. Lingüística románica, I: Fonética. Madrid: Gredos. §238
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