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|lshtext=<b>cŏlumbārĭus</b>: a, um, adj. [[columba]],<br /><b>I</b> pertaining to doves; [[only]] subst.,<br /><b>I</b> cŏ-lumbārĭus, ii, m., a [[dove]]-[[keeper]], Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 7; 3, 7, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> cŏlumbārĭum, ii, n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[dove]]-[[cot]], [[pigeon]]-[[house]], Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4 sq.; Col. 8, 8, 3; 8, 8, 6; 8, 11, 3; Pall. 1, 24; Plin. 19, 9, 6, § 51; Dig. 10, 2, 8, § 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In archit., the [[gain]] or mortise in [[which]] rafters or joists [[lie]], Vitr. 4, 2, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[hole]] [[near]] the [[axle]] of a [[water]]-[[wheel]], Vitr. 10, 9, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An [[opening]] in the [[side]] of a [[vessel]] for the oars to [[pass]] [[through]], a [[rowlock]]; plur.: [[columbaria]] in summis lateribus navium loca concava, per quae [[eminent]] remi, Isid. Orig. 19, 2, 3; cf. Fest. p. 169, 8.—Hence, cŏlumbā-rĭus, ii, m., an [[oarsman]], as a [[term]] of [[reproach]]. Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[subterranean]] [[sepulchre]], in the walls of [[which]] were niches for urns of [[ashes]], Inscr. Orell. 2975; 4513; v. Dict. of Antiq. s. v. columbarium.

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