columen

columen inis, n

2 CEL-, a pillar, column : fax, quae magnum ad columen volabat, like an ascending column : excelsum, a pedestal : Phrygiae columina (of mountains), Ct. — Fig., of persons, the crown, summit, first, chief : amicorum.— A support, prop, stay : familiae: rerum mearum, H.