implumis

Latin

Alternative forms

• inplūmis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /imˈpluː.mis/, [ɪmˈpɫ̪uːmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /imˈplu.mis/, [imˈpluːmis]

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		implūmēs implūmīs	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.