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cŏlumba , ae, f. columbus,
I.a dove, pigeon, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79; id. Fin. 3, 5, 18; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 103; Varr. R. R. 3, 7; Col. 8, 8; Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 104; Pall. 1, 24; Ov. M. 1, 506; 5, 605; id. Am. 2, 6, 56; Hor. C. 1, 37, 18; 4, 4, 32; id. Epod. 16, 32; “as sacred to Venus: Cythereiades,Ov. M. 15, 386; cf. Hyg. Fab. 197.—As a term of endearment, my dove, Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 50 al.; cf. Vulg. Cant. 2, 10.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Old Testament, Canticles, 2.10
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.386
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.506
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 3.3
    • Plautus, Casina, 1.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.104
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 3.5
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.8
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