columnar in Latin

IPA: [kɔˈɫʊm.nar] [Classical-Latin], [koˈlum.nar] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Substantivation of apocopated columnāre, nominative neuter singular of columnāris (“columnar”) or directly from columna + -ar. Columns were mostly made of marble, whence the name. Etymology templates: {{glossary|nominative}} nominative, {{glossary|neuter}} neuter, {{glossary|singular}} singular, {{af|la|columna|-ar}} columna + -ar Head templates: {{la-noun|columnar<3>|g=n}} columnar n (genitive columnāris); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|columnar<3>}} Forms: columnāris [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], columnar [nominative, singular], columnāria [nominative, plural], columnāris [genitive, singular], columnārium [genitive, plural], columnārī [dative, singular], columnāribus [dative, plural], columnar [accusative, singular], columnāria [accusative, plural], columnārī [ablative, singular], columnāribus [ablative, plural], columnar [singular, vocative], columnāria [plural, vocative]

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"columnar" meaning in Latin

Noun