implumis

Latin

Alternative forms

• inplūmis

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *plew-

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).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪmˈpɫuː.mɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [imˈpluː.mis]

Adjective

implūmis (neuter implūme, comparative implūmior, superlative implūmissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. featherless, without feathers
2. beardless, bald, without hair
3. callow, immature

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	implūmis	implūme		implūmēs	implūmia
genitive	implūmis			implūmium
dative	implūmī			implūmibus
accusative	implūmem	implūme		implūmīs implūmēs	implūmia
ablative	implūmī			implūmibus
vocative	implūmis	implūme		implūmēs	implūmia

Descendants

• → Catalan: implume
• → Italian: implume
• → Spanish: implume

References

• “implumis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “implumis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “implumis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.