columba

See also: Columba

Latin

columba (a dove)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”). (Aristophanes [Birds, 304] and others use the word κολυμβίς (kolumbís, “diver, sea-bird”))

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈlum.ba/, [kɔˈɫʊm.ba]

Noun

columba f (genitive columbae); first declension (masculine columbus)

  1. dove, pigeon (sacred bird of Venus)
  2. a term of endearment

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative columba columbae
genitive columbae columbārum
dative columbae columbīs
accusative columbam columbās
ablative columbā columbīs
vocative columba columbae

Descendants

  • Romanian: columbă
  • Sicilian: culumma
  • Translingual: Columba
  • Welsh: colomen

References

  • columba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • columba in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • columba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • columba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • columba in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin columba.

Noun

columba f (plural columbas)

  1. dove, pigeon
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