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giMum Clcopatr^.fignificat aute Hcbrseomm & Syroru linguac^4m/(p^ai^^) vitem,Wvii» vero colubam 

 illam qua Gr^ci oiWcJV. vocanr. T iera vero, '7ct<|(^,irmaelitaru lingua,columba eft Jo.Tzetzes Chiiiad. 

 ^.cap.^^.flamam Auicennze columbaeft.Quijdam ^^;^^;»^Saracenis columba eflefcripfit.Dfwe'/? cha- 

 w^,ranguis columbse, Syluaticus: & pro eodem demalcamer , apud vetere Gloflbgraplium Auiccr^ise. 

 Harahame/ffietcus columbinu,SyIuadcus:pro qua ctia alibi apud eundem laaman &c cajichim legitur. 

 , ^CoIumbaGrsecett^^<??^dicitur,Attice eda^zj^g^/jo^^&vulgohodieqjfimilite^ 



<:oLumM columbadomeftica^^zt^TE^ om<ri'ctGaIeno. Columbarum gcnus vnumGaleno(decomponfimp!. 

 mmejU" pl-jai..lib.iQ.))coi'n)wJ^oi' eft, hoc cft domefticum,a!teru w^i^xoV, hoc eft pafcuum &: fylueftrc^Hermo- 

 '^^' iaus.Itakce columboyCcXm-nhZyColombapumonOj&c falumbo ctiam apud Scoppa Grammaticu.Sed Hifpa- 

 ni quoq^ columbam paloma vocant: quse tamen nomina a palumbo , id eft columbo {ylueftrifadaap' 

 parct. quamqua&:p;«Iumborualij cicures dicuntur, autdici poflLinr,(vtaudio,) alij feri.GaIIiceci?»/<;», 

 colombe.colombepriuee.Gcimzmcc.^iZu^l^^ZauUl^^^ Fladrice^UllC 

 Noftri columbum, id eft maretn priuadm appellant cin ^XXXXtiXl per onomatopoeiam. Sunt & palum- 

 bi c!Cures,noftris^am ©cljla^fuktt/quos & Italicos putoaliqui vocant,^c(fcfjfUbcn/pedibus plumis 

 induti:quosalijRufficosappellant,0^p{CtS^U^cn/ hoccftdafypodcs columbas,vt Galli pigeonpate. 

 fed has Anglicas podus dicendas audio,&: criftas ctia e plumis in capidbus habere. ^k.n^\\ccaculuer, 

 vcl doue.a houfe doue^a tayme doue. IWjncc^golub.TmciccJugargen. 

 Columba ^ Columba faxatilis Varroni inter aldles nominatur, ( alia , ni fallor , quam quse Rh^eds vulgo 

 Jax-AtHis ^i^{xxx\ibt\\d eft faxadlis dicitur,qu£e prorfus fera cft.jh^c fcilicet eft qux Galeno voijAc, 6c ^c<r/A£> dici- 

 Jeuagre- tur,qu6dliberius in agns &: campis p^afcatur. ( Sic&: cquas nomadcs dicunt, quse in armcntoliberas - 

 •ft^' parcuntui,tanquampafcLiasautpafcaIcs:)&7n;p7^7:5quibufdam,vt>^^ottonusdocet.namVarro{a^ 

 Detripli- columbos agreftcs dicit.Scdadfcribam ipfa Varronis verba dc triplici columbariigencrc: In villa 

 ci colum- jj^^Vj inuolant columbi^, de quibus Merula : Axi,{i vnquarn 'tj^^tT^poT^ocpg?©;' conftituiftes , has tuas efle 

 harumge' putares,quamuis ferse eflent. Duo cnim genera earu in 'S^jTgooT^ocpgiV eire folent : Vnu agrefte , vt alij 

 mr^, dicunt faxadle,quod habetur in turribus,ac columinibus vill^e.a quo appellat^ coIumbse^qtiSE propter 

 timorcm naturalem fumma locain te£tis captant. Quo fit,vt maximeagreftcs fcquSturturres, in quas 

 exagrocLioIant fuaptefponte,acremcant. Alterum gcnus columbarum cft cIementius,qu6dcibo 

 dpmeftico contcntum intra limina iantiae folet pafci. Hocgcnus maxime eft colorc albo.lllud akerum 

 agrcfte fine albo,vario. Ex his duabtis ftirpibus fit mifceirum terdumgenus frudus caufl[^i , atque in- 

 ccdunt in locum vnii,qu6d alij vocant 'z«^9B/5ea;u, alij 'u^9^/^op3(p£?ov,Hxc Varro. Ex columbo agrcfti ^ 

 &columba domcftiga, fiue ex domeftico mafculo &: agrefti focmina, du fimul coeunt,nafcitur gcnus 

 tcrdum columbarum , qusemagnitudineinter vtranqj coIumbafunt,naturaad blandicndu nat^,pro- 

 nxq; ad lafciuiam. Corrumpuntquippealias,furtoq5 comitadoresdomum rcuertuntur, ( fcd hocPIi- 

 nius fimpliciter dc columbis fcnbit. Vndepublicoedido vetanturali. Mifcelkanoftdsobduorutn 

 generucomiftionem appellatur,Perottus.CoIumbi quida vuIg6yS.v^r<7//dicritur: (&alij apcnnaruco- 

 lorc turgni.)hi in colubarijs melius durantquam ca^teri.albiomnino vitetur.Crefcetienfis. Hocgenus 

 Gallis ^S-3b:i\xAisc{kcolombepapgier€2i\itrocheray.GcnTiAms^d^^^ i)Cn ^awfcnu 



^ ^ipGnes. ^ Pipiones pulli columbarum dicuntur, ^ide in H. a. Cicero pullos columbinos dixit:reccntio- 

 resquidamminusLadnecoIumbinosabfolutc.Hebrsei^^TSAV^^^^.^jVocitantpuIIumauis^priEcipueco- 

 lumbre.DaLiid Kimhi^tf72/auiculam paruam intcrpretatur:ChaIdaeusin vctcre Teftamento barionah^ \ 

 id eft pulliim columb^e. Arabs fherak hamas , 0"nn '^^'Si , melius hamam. Pcrfa kebuhar ( forte kafhtar 

 lcgcndum vtfupra , vcl contra) bez^ary "^i^ti "^T^^^iti. Scptuaginta n^i<Ti^-> Hicronymus columbam. 

 Rabi Abraham quoq^ & Salomon &: Iofephus,pullum columba: exponunt.Rurfus Septuaginta Deu- 

 ter.^i.j/gooa-o/jHieronymuspulIi.o^^^f^eftnomcncommune adomnespulIos:&:aliqLiando vfur- 

 patur pro gallina iuucne quse nondu oua pcperit : abfolu te vcr6 pro pullo columbino , imperfedis ad- 

 hucpcnnisnccdiivoIante,And.Bellunenfv^//^«/7/'£'^,vtfcribunt Arabcsjfuntcolumbi quiiampennis 

 ^pcrfedisvoIarGincipiuntjIdem.nee^Ttei^oy&^^s^i^Be/toi/Gr^ce diminudLiafunt,vtcoIumbiilusapLid 

 Ladnosi^zj^g^e/ji^yscdajVel^zj^^^ei^spatronymicaforma^dcpipionedici poteft.W(? infra in H.a, : 

 n«e/i??/>oV5s'Ao)' apud rcccndores Gr^cos, vt Demctriu Conftantinopolitanu,lcgitur.GaIlis pipio appcl- 

 \2.mxpgeon. Italis ficcione. Nos circumfgribimus, CtU )\X\\^i Stll^>:vcl diminutiuo vtimur cm .1 

 f CoIumb^-agreftes,qu^ &: faxatiles Varroni dicuntur, maxime fequuntur turrcs,in quas ex a- 

 Ltuid!. co- groeuolantfuapte {ponte acremeant. Hocgcnus Gra^ci -TrtXua.hi.c, nominant a liuore. varij enim 

 lumha. funtcoloris,acIiuidi:propterqii6denoftrisquidam(GazamvidcturinteIIigere)easliLiiasappellpuere, 

 o; w a$ X3\ o'W^ (melius o\y&X)y\ a>f /«,tz^9Bg^,Pollux. Pauca^ inter eas albxfunt, coloreimprobato.Pedes 

 plumis nudos habcnt,rubidos & fcabrofos,Perottus. Scd nos liuias omnes,fyIueftres efle oftendemus, 

 in quo vnius omncs coloris funt,nec ali folent,nifi alle^tatrix fortc ex eo genere. Perottus quidem eius 

 quam liuiam puto omnino non mcminir. Color albus(inquit idem Perottus) in domefl^carum genere ^ 

 nonimprobatur,(fedagreftiumduntaxat)qu6d hsefcilicct accipitrum iniurijs minus obnoxia-finc ^ 

 nam intra limina ianua: Iblcnt depafci. Domcfticx* magnitudine fuperantagreftes , pedibusqs funt ita 

 plumatis, vt vix aliquando ingredi poflJintjPerottus. 



" Columba? 



