columbus

See also: Columbus

Latin

Etymology

According to Lewis and Short, cognate with calvus, and Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”); compare, in Slavic languages with Russian голубь (gólub’), голый (gólyj), Czech holub, holý.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /koˈlum.bus/, [kɔˈɫʊm.bʊs]

Noun

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

A male dove or cock-pigeon

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Synonyms

palumbes, palumbis, palumbus

Related terms

columba
columbarius
columbīnus

Descendants

Aromanian: culumbu
Catalan: colom
French: colombe
Friulian: colomb
Irish: colm

Italian: colombo
Occitan: colomb
Sicilian: culumma
Venetian: cołonbo

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, 1883–1887)
columbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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