LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

columbīnus

columbīnus (feminine columbīna, neuter columbīnum)
Classical[kɔ.ɫʊmˈbiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ko.lumˈbiː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveOf or pertaining to a dove or pigeon; dovish, dove-like
  2. adjectiveHaving the color of a dove; dove-colored

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecolumbīnuscolumbīnacolumbīnum
genitivecolumbīnīcolumbīnaecolumbīnī
dativecolumbīnōcolumbīnaecolumbīnō
accusativecolumbīnumcolumbīnamcolumbīnum
ablativecolumbīnōcolumbīnācolumbīnō
vocativecolumbīnecolumbīnacolumbīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecolumbīnīcolumbīnaecolumbīna
genitivecolumbīnōrumcolumbīnārumcolumbīnōrum
dativecolumbīnīscolumbīnīscolumbīnīs
accusativecolumbīnōscolumbīnāscolumbīna
ablativecolumbīnīscolumbīnīscolumbīnīs
vocativecolumbīnīcolumbīnaecolumbīna

cŏlumbīnus, a, um columba,
I. pertaining to a dove or pigeon, dove-: pulli, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9; * Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 3; so also absol.: cŏlumbīni, ōrum, m., little doves, Mart. 13, 66: ovum, * Hor. S. 2, 4, 56: fimus, Plin. 17, 27, 47, § 259: stercora, id. 35, 6, 27, § 46. —
2. Dove-colored: terra, Plin. 17, 7, 4, § 43: cicer, id. 18, 12, 32, § 124: vitis, id. 14, 3, 4, § 40: saxum, Pall. 1, 10, 3.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin columbīnus From columba (“dove, pigeon”) + -īnus (“-ine, -like”).

Descendants
  • Catalancolumbí
  • Englishcolumbinefrom Old French columbin
  • Frenchcolombinfrom Old French columbin
  • Italiancolombino
  • Spanishcolumbino

In English words that came into English from columbīnus

  • columbinecolumbīnus

Quick answers

What does columbīnus mean in Latin?
columbīnus, a adjective, means “Of or pertaining to a dove or pigeon; dovish, dove-like; Having the color of a dove”.
How do you pronounce columbīnus?
In classical Latin, [kɔ.ɫʊmˈbiː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ko.lumˈbiː.nus].