plumeus
Latin
Etymology
From plūma (“feather”) + -eus
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpluː.me.us/, [ˈpɫ̪uːmeʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈplu.me.us/, [ˈpluːmeus]
Adjective
plūmeus (feminine plūmea, neuter plūmeum); first/second-declension adjective
- downy, covered with down
- (figuratively) soft, light, delicate
- (figuratively) embroidered
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | plūmeus | plūmea | plūmeum | plūmeī | plūmeae | plūmea | |
Genitive | plūmeī | plūmeae | plūmeī | plūmeōrum | plūmeārum | plūmeōrum | |
Dative | plūmeō | plūmeō | plūmeīs | ||||
Accusative | plūmeum | plūmeam | plūmeum | plūmeōs | plūmeās | plūmea | |
Ablative | plūmeō | plūmeā | plūmeō | plūmeīs | |||
Vocative | plūmee | plūmea | plūmeum | plūmeī | plūmeae | plūmea |
Synonyms
- (embroidered): plūmārius
Related terms
References
- “plumeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “plumeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- plumeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.