LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

plūmācium

plūmācium n (genitive plūmāciī or plūmācī)
Classical[pɫuːˈmaː.ki.ũː]Ecclesiastical[pluˈmaː.t͡ʃi.um]

Meaning

  1. A feather pillow; a down pillow.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeplūmāciumplūmācia
genitiveplūmāciī
plūmācī		plūmāciōrum
dativeplūmāciōplūmāciīs
accusativeplūmāciumplūmācia
ablativeplūmāciōplūmāciīs
vocativeplūmāciumplūmācia

plūmācĭum, i, n. pluma,
I. a feather pillow, down pillow (eccl. Lat.), Ambros. Ep. 26, n. 12; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 16.

Origins

From plūma (“feather”).

Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchplumasseaufrom Middle French plumas
  • Englishplumassierfrom Middle French plumas
  • Frenchplumassierfrom Middle French plumas
Borrowings
  • Portugueseplumaço
  • Portugueseplumacho
  • Spanishplumazo
Italo-Romance
  • Italianpiumaccio
  • Italianpiumazzo
  • Sicilianchiumazzu
  • Sicilianjumazzu
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesechumaçofrom Old Galician-Portuguese chumaço
  • Galicianchumazofrom Old Galician-Portuguese chumaço
  • Old Spanishllumazo

In English words that came into English from plūmācium

  • plumassierplūmācium

Quick answers

What does plūmācium mean in Latin?
plūmācium, a noun, means “A feather pillow; a down pillow.”.
What is the genitive of plūmācium?
The genitive singular is plūmāciī. plūmācium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce plūmācium?
In classical Latin, [pɫuːˈmaː.ki.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pluˈmaː.t͡ʃi.um].