pennarum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →penna, pennae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
feather, wing;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...quod loca cum venere volantes, remigii oblitae pennarum vela remittunt praecipitesque cadunt molli cervice profusae in terram..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...altius egit iter. rapidi vicinia solis mollit odoratas, pennarum vincula, ceras; tabuerant cerae: nudos quatit ille lacertos, remigioque..."