plumosus

Latin

Etymology

From plūma (“feather”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pluːˈmoː.sus/, [pɫ̪uːˈmoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pluˈmo.sus/, [pluˈmɔːs̬us]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	plūmōsus	plūmōsa	plūmōsum		plūmōsī	plūmōsae	plūmōsa
Genitive	plūmōsī	plūmōsae	plūmōsī		plūmōsōrum	plūmōsārum	plūmōsōrum
Dative	plūmōsō		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.