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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>plūma</b>: ae, f.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[small]], [[soft]] [[feather]]; in plur., [[fine]], [[soft]] feathers, [[down]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. (clas.; syn. [[penna]]): (animantium) [[pluma]] [[alias]], [[alias]] squamā videmus obductas, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121: plumae versicolores, id. Fin. 3, 5, 18: [[mollis]], Verg. A. 10, 192: in plumis delituisse Jovem, i. e. in the form of a [[swan]], Ov. H. 8, 68.—They were used esp. for stuffing pillows and the beds of litters: dormit in plumā, Mart. 12, 17, 8: pensilibus plumis vehi, i. e. in litters, Juv. 1, 159: in plumā paternā dormire, id. 6, 88. —Also in [[clothing]]: non avium plumae in usum vestium conseruntur? Sen. Ep. 90, 14.—As an [[image]] of lightness, [[triviality]], [[insignificance]], [[like]] [[feather]] [[with]] us: [[homo]] levior [[quam]] [[pluma]], Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 23: levior plumā est [[gratia]], id. Poen. 3, 6, 17: ipsi plumā aut folio facilius moventur, Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2: [[pluma]] [[haud]] [[interest]], [[patronus]], an [[cliens]] probior siet, [[there]] is not a [[pin]] to [[choose]], Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 60.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of the [[first]] [[beard]], [[down]] ([[poet]].): insperata tuae cum veniet [[pluma]] superbiae, Hor. C. 4, 10, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The scales on a [[coat]] of [[mail]], Stat. Th. 11, 542; cf.: [[equus]], quem [[pellis]] aënis In plumam squamis [[auro]] conserta tegebat, i. e. scales of [[brass]] overlaid on a [[skin]], Verg. A. 11, 771 Serv. and Heyn. ad loc.: equis operimenta erant, quae lintea ferreis laminis in modum plumae adnexuerant, Sall. H. 4, 59 Dietsch.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>plūma</b>,¹¹ æ, f.,<br /><b>1</b> plume : Cic. Nat. 2, 121 ; plumæ versicolores Cic. Fin. 3, 18, plumage nuancé ; in [[pluma]] dormire Juv. 6, 88, dormir sur la plume ; [[pluma]] [[aut]] folio facilius moveri Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2, remuer [[plus]] facilement qu’une plume ou une feuille, se laisser influencer facilement &#124;&#124; [fig. = un [[rien]] plumā [[haud]] [[interest]] [avec interr. ind.] Pl. Most. 408, il n’y a pas la différence d’une plume = c’[[est]] absolument tout un<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> première barbe : Hor. O. 4, 10, 2 ; <b> b)</b> pl., écailles d’une cotte d’armes, d’une cuirasse : Stat. Th. 11, 543, cf. Virg. En. 11, 771 ; Sall. H. d. Serv. En. 11, 771.|
|[fig.=un [[rien]] plumā [[haud]] [[interest]] [avec interr. ind.] Pl. Most. 408, il n’y a pas la différence d’une plume = c’[[est]] absolument tout un<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> première barbe : Hor. O. 4, 10, 2 ; <b> b)</b> pl., écailles d’une cotte d’armes, d’une cuirasse : Stat. Th. 11, 543, cf. Virg. En. 11, 771 ; Sall. H. d. Serv. En. 11, 771.
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{{Georges
|georg=plūma, ae, f. (viell. aus *pleusma, vgl. ahd. vlius, [[Vlies]]), die Flaumfeder; Sing. kollektiv u. Plur. = die Flaumfedern, der [[Flaum]] der Vögel, I) eig.: [[avium]] plumae, Sen. u. Apul.: plumae versicolores columbarum, Cic.: plumae perdicum subalares, Lampr.: animantes plumā obductae, Cic.: [[dolium]] [[tenui]] plumā completum, Liv.: [[pluma]] adusta, Liv.: plumam amittere (v. [[Vogel]]), [[sich]] mausern, Plin.: in plumis (Schwanengefieder, -gestalt) delituisse Iovem, Ov.: in plumam, [[nach]] [[Art]] der Flaumfedern, Verg.: u. so in modum plumae, Sall. fr. – [[gebraucht]] zum Ausstopfen der [[Kopfkissen]] und Polstern der Sänften, dah. meton. [[auch]] = [[Polster]] (s. Hertzb. Prop. 3, 7, 50), fultum plumā versicolore [[caput]], Prop.: Amyclaeā requiescere plumā, Mart.: dormire in [[pluma]], Mart.: pensilibus plumis vehi, Sänften [[mit]] Federpolstern, Iuven. – zu Gewändern, [[non]] [[avium]] plumae in usum vestium conseruntur? Sen. ep. 90, 16. – [[als]] [[Bild]] der [[Leichtigkeit]], [[quid]] ais, [[homo]] levior [[quam]] [[pluma]], Plaut. Men. 488: si [[quid]] [[bene]] facias, levior plumā est [[gratia]], Plaut. Poen. 812: [[nec]] me consules movent, [[qui]] [[ipsi]] plumā [[aut]] folio facilius moventur, [[wir]] »[[sie]] [[bewegen]] [[sich]] [[hin]] u. her [[wie]] [[ein]] schwankendes [[Rohr]]«, Cic. ad Att. 8, 15, 2. – [[als]] [[Bild]] der [[Weichheit]], brachia molliora plumā, Petron. 127, 8. – [[als]] [[Bild]] der Geringfügigkeit, [[pluma]] [[haud]] [[interest]], es macht [[nicht]] den kleinsten [[Unterschied]], es ist [[ganz]] [[einerlei]], Plaut. most. 407. – II) übtr.: A) v. ersten Barte, der [[Flaum]], Hor. carm. 4, 10, 2. – B) die liegenden [[Schuppen]] am [[Schuppenpanzer]], Stat. Theb. 11, 543 (vgl. Verg. Aen. 11, 771 u. [[dazu]] Serv.).
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