implumis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

implūmis (inpl-), e, adj. [2. in-pluma], without feathers, unfledged, callow.

I Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): assidens implumibus pullis avis, Hor. Epod. 1, 19: fetus columbarum, Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 170: coni (galearum), Sil. 8, 421; Ov. M. 6, 716. — *

II Transf., without hair , bald : aliud in utero pilis vestitum, aliud inplume, Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 219.

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