columbinus

Latin

Etymology

columba (“dove, pigeon”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine, -like”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ko.lumˈbiː.nus/, [kɔɫ̪ʊmˈbiːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.lumˈbi.nus/, [kolumˈbiːnus]

Adjective

columbīnus (feminine columbīna, neuter columbīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a dove or pigeon; dovish, dove-like
2. Having the color of a dove; dove-colored

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	columbīnus	columbīna	columbīnum		columbīnī	columbīnae	columbīna
Genitive	columbīnī	columbīnae	columbīnī		columbīnōrum	columbīnārum	columbīnōrum
Dative	columbīnō		columbīnō		columbīnīs
Accusative	columbīnum	columbīnam	columbīnum		columbīnōs	columbīnās	columbīna
Ablative	columbīnō	columbīnā	columbīnō		columbīnīs
Vocative	columbīne	columbīna	columbīnum		columbīnī	columbīnae	columbīna

Descendants

• Catalan: columbí
• Old French: columbin
  • → Middle English: columbyne, columbyn
    • English: columbine
  • French: colombin
• Italian: colombino
• Spanish: columbino

References

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