verb transitive intransitive

plūmo

2nd PP plūmāre · 3rd PP plūmāvi · 4th PP plūmātum · conj. 1st

Act.

Act.

To cover with feathers; to feather poetic •

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, App. M. 3, p. 138, 18.—

To embroider poetic •

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.—

To cover with scales •

To cover with scales (post-class.): loricae plumatae, Just. 41, 2, 15.—

Neutr; to put forth; get feathers •

Neutr., to put forth or get feathers, to become fledged (postclass.): pullis jam jam plumantibus, Gell. 2, 29.

Perseus ID: n36724 Key: plumo