palumbarius

Latin

Etymology

From palumbēs (“wood pigeon”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.lumˈbaː.ri.us/, [päɫ̪ʊmˈbäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.lumˈba.ri.us/, [pälumˈbäːrius]

Noun

palumbārius m (genitive palumbāriī or palumbārī); second declension

1. A kind of hawk which attacks doves.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palumbārius	palumbāriī
Genitive	palumbāriī palumbārī1	palumbāriōrum
Dative	palumbāriō	palumbāriīs
Accusative	palumbārium	palumbāriōs
Ablative	palumbāriō	palumbāriīs
Vocative	palumbārie	palumbāriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• palumbēs
• palumbīnus
• palumbulus

Descendants

• Aromanian: pãrumbar
• Italian: palombaro
• Portuguese: pombeiro
• Romanian: porumbar
• Spanish: palumbario

References

• “palumbarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palumbarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.