pinniger

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

pinnĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [1. pinnagero], feather-bearing, i. e. feathered, winged.

I Lit.: pinnigero, non armigero in corpore tela exercentur, i. e. against birds , Att. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 33, 1 (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.): amor, Lucr. 5, 1074.—

II Transf, having fins , finny : piscis, Ov. M. 13, 963; Coripp. Johann. 4, 981.

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