LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

pennātus

pennātus (feminine pennāta, neuter pennātum)
Classical[pɛnˈnaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[penˈnaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivewinged

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepennātuspennātapennātum
genitivepennātīpennātaepennātī
dativepennātōpennātaepennātō
accusativepennātumpennātampennātum
ablativepennātōpennātāpennātō
vocativepennātepennātapennātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepennātīpennātaepennāta
genitivepennātōrumpennātārumpennātōrum
dativepennātīspennātīspennātīs
accusativepennātōspennātāspennāta
ablativepennātīspennātīspennātīs
vocativepennātīpennātaepennāta

pennātus (pinn-), a, um, adj. penna,
I. furnished with wings, winged (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): hic Jovis altisoni subito pennata (al. pinnata) satelles, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106: apes, Plin. 11, 1, 1, § 1: serpentes, Ov. M. 7, 350: pennati equi, quos pegasos vocant, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72: Zephyrus, Lucr. 5, 738: ferrum, an arrow, Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138.—Subst.: pennāta, ōrum, n. (sc. animalia), winged creatures, birds: pennatorum infecunda sunt, quae aduncos habent ungues, Plin. 10, 52, 73, § 143.—Prov.: Frustra jacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum, Vulg. Prov. 1, 17.—Comp.: voto pennatior, Auct. Itin. Alex. 69.—
II. Transf.: pennatas impennatasque agnas in Saliari carmine spicas significat cum aristis, et alias sine aristis ... (Aelius oves veteres et) agnas novas voluit intellegi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 211 Müll.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin pennātus From penna (“feather, wing”) + -ātus (“-ed”, adjective-forming suffix).

In English words that came into English from pennātus

  • pennatepennātus

Quick answers

What does pennātus mean in Latin?
pennātus, a adjective, means “winged”.
How do you pronounce pennātus?
In classical Latin, [pɛnˈnaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [penˈnaː.tus].