columbi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →columbus, columbi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
male/cock pigeon; (of male persons) (L+S); dove;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...quendam ornatum, ut cauda pavoni, plumae versicolores columbis, viris mammae atque barba. [19] Haec dicuntur fortasse ieiunius; sunt..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...trahens sub gurgite harenam Volturnus niveisque frequens Sinuessa columbis Minturnaeque graves et quam tumulavit alumnus Antiphataeque domus Trachasque..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...agit illa parenti perque leves auras iunctis invecta columbis litus adit Laurens, ubi tectus harundine serpit in freta..."