Columella

See also: columella

Latin

Etymology

From columella (“small column”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ko.luˈmel.la/, [kɔɫ̪ʊˈmɛlːʲä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.luˈmel.la/, [koluˈmɛlːä]

Proper noun

Columella m sg (genitive Columellae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Columella, a Roman writer

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Columella
Genitive	Columellae
Dative	Columellae
Accusative	Columellam
Ablative	Columellā
Vocative	Columella

References

• “Columella2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Columella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.