English → Latin
“feather” in Latin
pennawing (of natural or supernatural creatures); feather, especially a flight-feather; pinion; quill penplūmafeather, plume; metal scale of armor; beard-downplūmeusdowny, covered with down; soft, light, delicate; embroideredplūmōsusfeathered, covered with feathers; downypennātuswingedplūmōto feather; to cover with feathers; to embroider; to cover with scalesdēplūmisfeatherlessimplūmisfeatherless, without feathers; beardless, bald, without hair; callow, immatureplūmēscōto fledge (grow feathers)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
feather v.
One who has feathered his nest well, plane bene peculiatus (of a rapacious governor; Asin. Poll. ap. Cic., Fam., 10, 32, in.).
feather
penna: pluma (down, down-like feathers): that has or is stuffed wilh feathers, plumeus: covered with feathers, pluma tectus: full of feathers, plumosus: that has feathers (naturally), pennatus; plumatus; plumis obductus (☞ penniger and plumiger are poetical): without feathers, deplumis; implumis: to get feathers, plumescere: to have (got) feathers, pennas habere: to deck one’s self in borrowed feathers, alienis gloriari bonis (Phaedrus, 1, 3, 1).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for feather?
- The usual Latin words for “feather” are penna, plūma, plūmeus; also plūmōsus, pennātus, plūmō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.