plumeus

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

plūmĕus, a, um, adj. [pluma].

I Lit., downy , covered or filled with down , down- (class.): culcita plumea, Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 46: aures, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 68.—

II Transf.

A Downy , like down , i. e. light , soft , delicate (poet. and post-class.): plumea pondera, Mart. 4, 19, 7: nives, Arn. 2, 84: plumea et lactea cutis, Ap. Met. 3, 14, 6.—

B Embroidered : indumenta, Prud. Ham. 295.

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