plumosus

Latin

Etymology

From plūma (“feather”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɫuːˈmoː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pluˈmɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

plūmōsus (feminine plūmōsa, neuter plūmōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. feathered, covered with feathers
2. (figuratively) downy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	plūmōsus	plūmōsa	plūmōsum		plūmōsī	plūmōsae	plūmōsa
genitive	plūmōsī	plūmōsae	plūmōsī		plūmōsōrum	plūmōsārum	plūmōsōrum
dative	plūmōsō	plūmōsae	plūmōsō		plūmōsīs
accusative	plūmōsum	plūmōsam	plūmōsum		plūmōsōs	plūmōsās	plūmōsa
ablative	plūmōsō	plūmōsā	plūmōsō		plūmōsīs
vocative	plūmōse	plūmōsa	plūmōsum		plūmōsī	plūmōsae	plūmōsa

Synonyms

• (feathered): plūmiger
• (downy): plūmeus

Related terms

• plūma
• plūmācium
• plūmārius
• plūmātus
• plūmesco
• plūmeus
• plūmiger
• plūmō
• plūmula

Descendants

• English: plumose

References

• “plumosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “plumosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “plumosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.