palumbes

Latin

Alternative forms
wood pigeon

Etymology

Possibly a derivative of Proto-Italic *palwos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥H-wo- (“dark-colored, gray”), from *pelH- (“gray, pale”), owing to the color of the pigeon's plumage. Compare Ancient Greek πέλειᾰ (péleia, “rock pigeon”) and Old Prussian poalis (“pigeon”); see palleō (“to be pale”) for more potential cognates.[1] However, the suffix is unexplained and resembles that in Ancient Greek κολυμβῐ́ς (kolumbís, “diver, little grebe, pigeon”), which may point to substrate origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

palumbēs m or f (genitive palumbis); third declension

  1. woodpigeon; ring dove

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

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

Derived terms

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.
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442
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