culuebra
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
- coluebra
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *colŏbra, altered from Classical Latin colubra, feminine counterpart to coluber (“snake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈlwebɾa/
Noun
culuebra f (plural culuebras)
- snake, serpent
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 23v:
- […] ⁊ lo echaren ala biuora o ala culuebra en la garganta afogaſe luego ⁊ muere.
- […] and should they throw it into the throat of the snake or serpent it would then choke and die.
- Idem, f. 56r.
- […] deſpues del retornamiento peſcueço dela culuebra que tiene el encantador dellas […]
- […] after the returning of the neck of the snake held by the snake charmer […]
- […] deſpues del retornamiento peſcueço dela culuebra que tiene el encantador dellas […]
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