palumbulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from palumbēs (“wood pigeon”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /paˈlum.bu.lus/, [päˈɫ̪ʊmbʊɫ̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈlum.bu.lus/, [päˈlumbulus]

Noun

palumbulus m (genitive palumbulī); second declension

(endearing) A little wood pigeon or little dove.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palumbulus	palumbulī
Genitive	palumbulī	palumbulōrum
Dative	palumbulō	palumbulīs
Accusative	palumbulum	palumbulōs
Ablative	palumbulō	palumbulīs
Vocative	palumbule	palumbulī

Related terms

References

“palumbulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
palumbulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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