λόγῳ ἀναλίσκω τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἡμέρας → waste the day in idle talk, consume the duration of the day with talk
cŏlumbŭlus: i, m., or -a, ae, f. dim. columbus,I a little dove, Plin. Ep. 9, 25, 3.