consobrina
Latin
Etymology
From con- + sobrīna.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.soˈbriː.na/, [kõːs̠ɔˈbriːnä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.soˈbri.na/, [konsoˈbriːnä]
Noun
cōnsobrīna f (genitive cōnsobrīnae, masculine cōnsobrīnus); first declension
- a first cousin, cousin-german
- a maternal female cousin; the child of a mother's brother
- a relation
Usage notes
This term is most often encountered in the plural form cōnsobrīnī, referring to cousins of either gender.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cōnsobrīna | cōnsobrīnae |
| Genitive | cōnsobrīnae | cōnsobrīnārum |
| Dative | cōnsobrīnae | cōnsobrīnīs |
| Accusative | cōnsobrīnam | cōnsobrīnās |
| Ablative | cōnsobrīnā | cōnsobrīnīs |
| Vocative | cōnsobrīna | cōnsobrīnae |
Related terms
- cōnsobrīnus
References
- “consobrina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- consobrina 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)