columbo
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;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...quosdam Germanis corporis custodibus praeposuit. Murmillonum armaturas recidit. Columbo victori, leviter tamen saucio, venenum in plagam addidit, quod..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...volturium capiti: nec tantum niveo gavisa est ulla columbo compar, quae multo dicitur improbius oscula mordenti semper decerpere..."
