columen

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kelamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-men-, from *kelH- (“to rise, be tall”). Doublet of culmen.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

columen n (genitive columinis); third declension

  1. pillar, column
  2. peak, summit, zenith

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative columen columina
genitive columinis columinum
dative columinī columinibus
accusative columen columina
ablative columine columinibus
vocative columen columina

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Welsh: colfen

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “columen, -inis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 127
  2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 326
  3. ^ Baldi, Philip, The Foundations of Latin, page 244, De Gruyter Mouton, reprint 2010 edition, originally published 1999.

Further reading

  • “columen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “columen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • columen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “columen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “columen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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