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
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..."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..."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..."