plumarius

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

plūmārĭus, a, um, adj. [pluma],

I of or belonging to soft feathers; transf., embroidered with feathers : vestes plumariā arte contextae, the art of embroidering , Hier. Ep. 29, n. 6; Adelh. Laud. Virg. 15: ars, embroidery , Vulg. Exod. 39, 28.—

II Subst.: plūmārĭus , ii, m., an embroiderer , Varr. ap. Non. 162, 27: plumariorum textrinae, Vitr. 6, 7; Firm. Math. 3, 13, 10; Vulg. Exod. 35, 35; Inscr. Grut. 649, 8; Inscr. Rein. cl. 11, n. 114.