columbus

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See also: Columbus

Latin

Etymology

Of Ancient Greek origin as the feminine form columba.

Pronunciation

Noun

columbus m (genitive columbī, feminine columba); second declension

  1. A male dove or cock-pigeon

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative columbus columbī
Genitive columbī columbōrum
Dative columbō columbīs
Accusative columbum columbōs
Ablative columbō columbīs
Vocative columbe columbī

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References

  • “columbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “columbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • columbus 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)
  • columbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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