LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

implūmis

implūmis (neuter implūme, comparative implūmior, superlative implūmissimus)
Classical[ɪmˈpɫuː.mɪs]Ecclesiastical[imˈpluː.mis]

Meaning

  1. two terminationfeatherless, without feathers
  2. two terminationbeardless, bald, without hair
  3. two terminationcallow, immature

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeimplūmisimplūmisimplūme
genitiveimplūmisimplūmisimplūmis
dativeimplūmīimplūmīimplūmī
accusativeimplūmemimplūmemimplūme
ablativeimplūmīimplūmīimplūmī
vocativeimplūmisimplūmisimplūme
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeimplūmēsimplūmēsimplūmia
genitiveimplūmiumimplūmiumimplūmium
dativeimplūmibusimplūmibusimplūmibus
accusativeimplūmīs
implūmēs		implūmīs
implūmēs		implūmia
ablativeimplūmibusimplūmibusimplūmibus
vocativeimplūmēsimplūmēsimplūmia

implūmis (inpl-), e, adj. 2. in-pluma,
I. without feathers, unfledged, callow.
I. Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): assidens implumibus pullis avis, Hor. Epod. 1, 19: fetus columbarum, Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 170: coni (galearum), Sil. 8, 421; Ov. M. 6, 716. — *
II. Transf., without hair, bald: aliud in utero pilis vestitum, aliud inplume, Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 219.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  2. Latinimplūmis

Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der. Proto-Indo-European *plewk-smeh₂ Proto-Italic *plouksmā Latin plūma Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin implūmis From plūma (“feather”) + in- -is (privative adjective-forming circumfix).

Descendants
  • Catalanimplume
  • Italianimplume
  • Spanishimplume

Quick answers

What does implūmis mean in Latin?
implūmis, a adjective, means “featherless, without feathers; beardless, bald, without hair; callow, immature”.
How do you pronounce implūmis?
In classical Latin, [ɪmˈpɫuː.mɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [imˈpluː.mis].
Where does implūmis come from?
Proto-Indo-European *plew- → Latin implūmis.