plumeus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From plūma (“feather”) + -eus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpluː.me.us/, [ˈpɫ̪uːmeʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈplu.me.us/, [ˈpluːmeus]
Adjective[edit]
plūmeus (feminine plūmea, neuter plūmeum); first/second-declension adjective
- downy, covered with down
- (figuratively) soft, light, delicate
- (figuratively) embroidered
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
- (embroidered): plūmārius
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “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.