palumbes

Latin

Alternative forms

palumba
palumbis
palumbus

wood pigeon

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo- (“dark-colored, gray”), see also Old Church Slavonic плаву (plavu), Lithuanian palvas (“sallow”), Sanskrit पलित (palita), Welsh llwyd (“gray”), Latin pallere (“to be pale”), from root *pel- (“gray”). Also see pallor.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈlum.beːs/, [paˈɫʊm.beːs]

Noun

palumbēs m, f (genitive palumbis); third declension

woodpigeon; ring dove

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palumbēs	palumbēs
Genitive	palumbis	palumbium
Dative	palumbī	palumbibus
Accusative	palumbem	palumbēs
Ablative	palumbe	palumbibus
Vocative	palumbēs	palumbēs

Derived terms

palumbārius
palumbīnus
palumbulus

References

palumbes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
palumbes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
palumbes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette