colymbus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos).

Noun

colymbus m (genitive colymbī); second declension

  1. A swimming bath

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative colymbus colymbī
genitive colymbī colymbōrum
dative colymbō colymbīs
accusative colymbum colymbōs
ablative colymbō colymbīs
vocative colymbe colymbī

References

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