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
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..."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..."
