plūmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [pluma].
I Act.
A To cover with feathers , to feather (poet. and post-Aug.): plumato corpore corvus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114: molli plumatā lanugine, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117: plumare se in avem, i. e. to transform , Ap. Met. 3, 21, 5.—
B To embroider (poet. and post-class.): pars auro plumata nitet, pars ignea cocco, Luc. 10, 123; Vop. Carin. 20: plumato amictus aureo Babylonico, Petr. Poet. 55, 6.—
C To cover with scales (post-class.): loricae plumatae, Just. 41, 2, 15.—
II Neutr. , to put forth or get feathers , to become fledged (postclass.): pullis jam jam plumantibus, Gell. 2, 29.