pluma

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

plūma ae, f

PLV-, a soft feather, feather, plume : plumae versicolores: ipsi plumā aut folio facilius moventur: mollis, V.: leves plumae, H.: in plumis delituisse Iovem, i. e. as a swan , O.: colla Mollibus in plumis reponit, down , O.: tuae cum veniet pluma superbiae, i. e. the first beard , H.: pellis aënis In plumam squamis auro conserta, i. e. scales of brass overlaid like plumage , V.— Sing collect. : Pluma avium, plumage , O.