columbus

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Contents 1 Latin 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Inflection 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Descendants

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[edit] Etymology

Romanized form of the Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kolumbos), “‘a diver’”) < κολυμβάω (kolumbao), “‘dive, plunge headlong, swim’”). (Aristophanes [Birds, 304] and others use the word κολυμβίς (kolumbis) "diver" for a name of a bird, because of its swimming motion in the air.)

[edit] Noun

columbus (genitive columbī); m, second declension (feminine columba)

1. A male dove or cock-pigeon

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	columbus	columbī
genitive	columbī	columbōrum
dative	columbō	columbīs
accusative	columbum	columbōs
ablative	columbō	columbīs
vocative	columbe	columbī

[edit] Related terms

• columba
• columbarius
• columbīnus

[edit] Descendants

• French: colombe