columba
See also: Columba
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈlum.ba/, [kɔˈɫ̪ʊmbä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈlum.ba/, [koˈlumbä]
Noun edit
columba f (genitive columbae); first declension (masculine columbus)
- dove, pigeon (sacred bird of Venus)
- a term of endearment
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | columba | columbae |
| Genitive | columbae | columbārum |
| Dative | columbae | columbīs |
| Accusative | columbam | columbās |
| Ablative | columbā | columbīs |
| Vocative | columba | columbae |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: coloma
- Galician: comba
- Italian: colomba
- Occitan: colomba
- Romanian: columbă
- Romansch: columba
- Sicilian: culumma
- → English: Columba
- → French: Colombe
- → Spanish: Columba
- → Translingual: Columba
- → Welsh: colomen
See also edit
References edit
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
columba f (plural columbas)