columella, columellae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
small column/pillar; pivot of oil-mill; stanchion of catapult; column tombstone;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | columella | columellae |
| Gen. | columellae | columellarum |
| Dat. | columellae | columellis |
| Acc. | columellam | columellas |
| Voc. | columella | columellae |
| Abl. | columella | columellis |
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tibi Maeonio quoque carmine majus habetur, "Lucili columella hic situ' Metrophanes"; attonitusque legis "terrai frugiferai", Accius et quidquid..."- G
Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...distantes inter se pedes IIII collocantur, inque eis columellae pedum in altitudinem V defiguntur. Has inter se capreolis..." - G
Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...capite stibadium candido marmore vite protegitur; vitem quattuor columellae Carystiae subeunt. Ex stibadio aqua velut expressa cubantium pondere..."