livia

See also: Livia and Lívia

Latin

Etymology

From līvidus (bluish).

Noun

līvia f (genitive līviae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) pigeon
    Synonym: columba

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative līvia līviae
genitive līviae līviārum
dative līviae līviīs
accusative līviam līviās
ablative līviā līviīs
vocative līvia līviae

References

  • "livia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • livia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers