"columba" meaning in Latin

See columba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɔˈɫʊm.ba] [Classical-Latin], [koˈlum.ba] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”). (Aristophanes [Birds, 304] and others use the word κολυμβίς (kolumbís, “diver, sea-bird”).) Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|grc:κόλυμβος}}, {{bor|la|grc|κόλυμβος|t=a diver}} Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”) Head templates: {{la-noun|columba<1>}} columba f (genitive columbae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|columba<1>}} Forms: columbae [genitive], columbus [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], columba [nominative, singular], columbae [nominative, plural], columbae [genitive, singular], columbārum [genitive, plural], columbae [dative, singular], columbīs [dative, plural], columbam [accusative, singular], columbās [accusative, plural], columbā [ablative, singular], columbīs [ablative, plural], columba [singular, vocative], columbae [plural, vocative], colonbu [alternative, Latin, vulgar]
  1. dove, pigeon (sacred bird of Venus) Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-columba-la-noun-G-th~NVY Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Columbids Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Columbids: 93 7
  2. a term of endearment Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-columba-la-noun-lyxvhnaX Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: columbārium, columbārius, columbīnus, columbus, palumbus

Inflected forms

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