palumbes

Latin

Alternative forms
wood pigeon

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo- (“dark-colored, gray”), see also Old Church Slavonic плаву (plavu), Lithuanian palvas (“sallow”), Sanskrit पलित (palita), Welsh llwyd (“gray”), Latin pallere (“to be pale”), from root *pel- (“gray”). Also see pallor.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈlum.beːs/, [paˈɫʊm.beːs]

Noun

palumbēs m, f (genitive palumbis); third declension

  1. woodpigeon; ring dove

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative palumbēs palumbēs
Genitive palumbis palumbium
Dative palumbī palumbibus
Accusative palumbem palumbēs
Ablative palumbe palumbibus
Vocative palumbēs palumbēs

Derived terms

References
  • palumbes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palumbes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • palumbes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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