Theaimofthispaperistoelucidatetherelationshipbetweenthesenouns,startingwithanevaluationofthederivationalhistoryofcolumba,andmovingontoproposeanoveletymologicalanalysisofGk.κόλυμβος.2 Lat.columba‘dove,pigeon’andpalumbēs‘wildpigeon’CompetingetymologicalproposalsforLat.columba(Plaut.+)1involvecompar-...
But with the massive snowfalls we’ve been getting, combined with the city plow’s habit of building snow banks in front of every egress, an oddly sturdy hump of snow and ice has developed at the end of the driveway, so when I power out, there’s quite a stomach-lurching backwards d...