palumbes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →palumbes, palumbis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
wood-pigeon, ringdove; dupe, pigeon, mark, gull, one deceived/fooled/cheated;
acc. pl.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...stirpe recisum" et "aeriae quo congessere palumbes" et "silice in nuda" et similia): cum summorum in eloquentia virorum..."Ecloga III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...munera; namque notavi ipse locum aeriae quo congessere palumbes. Menalcas Quod potui, puero silvestri ex arbore lecta aurea..."Ecloga I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...auras, nec tamen interea raucae, tua cura, palumbes nec gemere aeria cessabit turtur ab ulmo. Tityrus Ante leves..."