palumbulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from palumbēs (“wood pigeon”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈlum.bu.lus/, [päˈɫ̪ʊmbʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈlum.bu.lus/, [päˈlumbulus]

Noun

palumbulus m (genitive palumbulī); second declension

1. (endearing) A little wood pigeon or little dove.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palumbulus	palumbulī
Genitive	palumbulī	palumbulōrum
Dative	palumbulō	palumbulīs
Accusative	palumbulum	palumbulōs
Ablative	palumbulō	palumbulīs
Vocative	palumbule	palumbulī

Related terms

• palumba
• palumbārius
• palumbēs
• palumbīnus

References

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