plumiger

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *plew-

Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der.

Proto-Indo-European *plewk-smeh₂

Proto-Italic *plouksmā

Latin plūma

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Italic *gezō

Latin gerō

Latin -ger

Latin plūmiger

From plūma (“feather”) + -ger (“bearing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɫuː.mɪ.ɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpluː.mi.d͡ʒer]

Adjective

plūmiger (feminine plūmigera, neuter plūmigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. feathered, covered with feathers, feather-bearing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	plūmiger	plūmigera	plūmigerum		plūmigerī	plūmigerae	plūmigera
genitive	plūmigerī	plūmigerae	plūmigerī		plūmigerōrum	plūmigerārum	plūmigerōrum
dative	plūmigerō	plūmigerae	plūmigerō		plūmigerīs
accusative	plūmigerum	plūmigeram	plūmigerum		plūmigerōs	plūmigerās	plūmigera
ablative	plūmigerō	plūmigerā	plūmigerō		plūmigerīs
vocative	plūmiger	plūmigera	plūmigerum		plūmigerī	plūmigerae	plūmigera

Synonyms

• (feathered): plūmōsus

Related terms

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

References

• “plumiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “plumiger”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.