plūmo

I. Act.

A. To cover with feathers, to feather (poet. and post-Aug.): plumato corpore corvus, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 114: molli plumatā lanugine, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117: plumare se in avem, App. M. 3, p. 138, 18.—

B. To embroider (poet. and post-class.): pars auro plumata nitet, pars ignea cocco, Luc. 10, 123; Vop. Carin. 20: plumato amictus aureo Babylonico, Petr. Poet. 55, 6.—

C. To cover with scales (post-class.): loricae plumatae, Just. 41, 2, 15.—

II. Neutr., to put forth or get feathers, to become fledged (postclass.): pullis jam jam plumantibus, Gell. 2, 29.