columbinus

== Latin == === Etymology === From columba (“dove, pigeon”) + -īnus (“-ine, -like”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔ.ɫʊmˈbiː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ko.lumˈbiː.nus] === Adjective === columbīnus (feminine columbīna, neuter columbīnum); first/second-declension adjective Of or pertaining to a dove or pigeon; dovish, dove-like Having the color of a dove; dove-colored ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: columbí Old French: columbin → Middle English: columbyne, columbynEnglish: columbine French: colombin Italian: colombino Spanish: columbino === References === “columbinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “columbinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.