colubrinus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cŏlubrīnus, a, um, adj. [coluber],

I like a serpent; trop., cunning , wily (ante- and post-class.): ingenio esse, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 6: vis gestūs, Tert. Spect. 18.—

II Subst.: cŏlubrīna , ae, f., a plant , also called bryonia and dracontea, App. Herb. 14.