"columba" meaning in Latin

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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: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:κόλυμβος}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Pre-Greek", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qsb-grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κόλυμβος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "columba", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="columba">, {{bor|la|grc|κόλυμβος|t=a diver}} Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”) Head templates: {{la-noun|columba<1>|m=columbus}} columba f (genitive columbae, masculine columbus); 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 Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-columba-la-noun-Zhia6eju Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, 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, Pages with etymon, Columbids Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 55 45 Disambiguation of Columbids: 69 31
  2. a term of endearment Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-columba-la-noun-lyxvhnaX Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, 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, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: columbārium, columbārius, columbīnus, columbus, palumbus

Inflected forms

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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "colonbu",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Latin",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "columba<1>",
        "m": "columbus"
      },
      "expansion": "columba f (genitive columbae, masculine columbus); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "columba<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "columbārium"
    },
    {
      "word": "columbārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "columbīnus"
    },
    {
      "word": "columbus"
    },
    {
      "word": "palumbus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dove, pigeon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dove",
          "dove"
        ],
        [
          "pigeon",
          "pigeon"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a term of endearment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "term of endearment",
          "term of endearment#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɔˈɫʊm.ba]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈlum.ba]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "columba"
}

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