Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From plūma (feather) +‎ in- -is (privative adjective-forming circumfix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative implūmis implūme implūmēs implūmia
Genitive implūmis implūmium
Dative implūmī implūmibus
Accusative implūmem implūme implūmēs
implūmīs
implūmia
Ablative implūmī implūmibus
Vocative implūmis implūme implūmēs implūmia

Descendants

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

References

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  • 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.