columba
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See also Columba
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kolumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbao, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”). (Aristophanes [Birds, 304] and others use the word κολυμβίς (kolumbis, “diver, sea-bird”))
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[edit] Noun
columba (genitive columbae); f, first declension (masculine columbus)
- dove, pigeon (sacred bird of Venus)
- a term of endearment
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | columba | columbae |
| genitive | columbae | columbārum |
| dative | columbae | columbīs |
| accusative | columbam | columbās |
| ablative | columbā | columbīs |
| vocative | columba | columbae |
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin columba.
[edit] Noun
columba f. (plural columbas)
