different between northern vs serpens

English

Etymology

From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-Germanic *nurþr?nijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordr?ni and Old Norse norrœnn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, /?n??ðn?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, enPR: nôr?th?rn
• (non-standard) IPA^(key): /?n?ð?(?)n/

Adjective

northern (comparative more northern, superlative most northern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north;northerly.
2. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
3. (Britain) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

Synonyms

• boreal
• septentrional

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional
• southern

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• eastern
• occidental
• oriental
• western

Noun

northern (plural northerns)

1. An inhabitant of the northern regions.
2. (fishing) The northern pike.
   • 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly: The Flyfishing Guide to Northerns, Tigers, and Muskies

     As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin serp?ns, present active participle of serp? (“crawl, creep”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

serpens (not comparable)

1. (medicine, with Latin or Latin-like substantives) serpentlike

References

• “serpens” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *serpents. Present active participle of serp? (“crawl, creep”). Cognate with Sanskrit ???? (sarpá, “snake, serpent”), Ancient Greek ??????? (herpetón, “serpent, creeping animal”), Albanian gjarpër (“snake”) (Proto-Albanian *serpena).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ser.pens/, [?s??rp??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ser.pens/, [?s?rp?ns]

Noun

serp?ns m or f (genitive serpentis); third declension

1. A serpent, snake
2. (astronomy) either Draco or Serpens
3. A louse
4. Any creeping animal

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (serpent, snake): anguis, colubra
• (constellation Draco): Anguis, Draco
• (louse): ped?culus

Related terms

Descendants

Participle

serp?ns (genitive serpentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. creeping, crawling

Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• serpens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• serpens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• serpens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• serpens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette