"columbus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [kɔˈɫʊm.bʊs] [Classical-Latin], [koˈlum.bus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Of Ancient Greek origin as the feminine form columba. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|grc:κόλυμβος}}, {{bor|la|grc|-}} Ancient Greek Head templates: {{la-noun|columbus<2>|f=columba}} columbus m (genitive columbī, feminine columba); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|columbus<2>}} Forms: columbī [genitive], columba [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], columbus [nominative, singular], columbī [nominative, plural], columbī [genitive, singular], columbōrum [genitive, plural], columbō [dative, singular], columbīs [dative, plural], columbum [accusative, singular], columbōs [accusative, plural], columbō [ablative, singular], columbīs [ablative, plural], columbe [singular, vocative], columbī [plural, vocative]
  1. A male dove or cock pigeon Tags: declension-2, masculine Synonyms: palumbes, palumbis, palumbus Related terms: columba, columbarius, columbīnus

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "culumbu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "colom"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "colomb"
    },
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      "lang_code": "it",
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "colomb"
    },
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          "lang": "Norman",
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          "word": "couloumb"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
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      "word": "colomb"
    },
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
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      "word": "cołonbo"
    },
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        {
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              "lang_code": "ga",
              "word": "colm"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Manx",
              "lang_code": "gv",
              "word": "colum"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
              "lang_code": "gd",
              "word": "calum"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "mga",
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        }
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    {
      "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
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      "raw_tags": [
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      "sense": "dove",
      "word": "*golǫbь"
    }
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      "form": "columbī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "columba",
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      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "columbī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "columbōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "f": "columba"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "columbus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        },
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        },
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          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Columbids",
          "orig": "la:Columbids",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male dove or cock pigeon"
      ],
      "id": "en-columbus-la-noun-cXMGn6O8",
      "links": [
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "dove",
          "dove"
        ],
        [
          "cock pigeon",
          "cock pigeon"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "columba"
        },
        {
          "word": "columbarius"
        },
        {
          "word": "columbīnus"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "palumbes"
        },
        {
          "word": "palumbis"
        },
        {
          "word": "palumbus"
        }
      ],
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɔˈɫʊm.bʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[koˈlum.bus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "columbus"
}
{
  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "culumbu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "colom"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "lang_code": "fur",
      "word": "colomb"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "colombo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "colomb"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Norman",
          "lang_code": "nrm",
          "word": "couloumb"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "colomb"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Norman",
          "lang_code": "nrm",
          "word": "couloumb"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old French",
      "lang_code": "fro",
      "word": "coulon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "word": "cołonbo"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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              "lang_code": "ga",
              "word": "colm"
            },
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              "lang_code": "gv",
              "word": "colum"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
              "lang_code": "gd",
              "word": "calum"
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              "lang_code": "ga",
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              "lang_code": "gv",
              "word": "colum"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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            }
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    {
      "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
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    }
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  ],
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      "form": "columbī",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "columba",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
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    },
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      "form": "columbus",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "columbī",
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        "plural",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "columbus<2>",
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "columbus<2>"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "columba"
    },
    {
      "word": "columbarius"
    },
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      "word": "columbīnus"
    }
  ],
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        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "A male dove or cock pigeon"
      ],
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          "dove"
        ],
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          "cock pigeon",
          "cock pigeon"
        ]
      ],
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      "ipa": "[kɔˈɫʊm.bʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[koˈlum.bus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "palumbes"
    },
    {
      "word": "palumbis"
    },
    {
      "word": "palumbus"
    }
  ],
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}

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