pinnatus
From LSJ
ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pinnātus: a, um, adj. 1. pinna,
I feathered, plumed, winged.
I Lit.: Jovis satelles Pinnatā caudā, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: Musa pinnato gradu intulit se, Porc. Latro ap. Gell. 17, 21, 45: Cupido, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58.—
II Transf., feathered, pinnate: abies folio pinnato densa, feathered, i. e. having leaves that lie on each other like feathers, Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 48: fraxinus pinnata et ipsa folio, id. 16, 13, 24, § 62; 27, 9, 55, § 79.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pinnātus,¹⁶ a, um (pinna), qui a des ailes : Cic. Nat. 3, 58 ; poet. Div. 1, 106 || [fig.] emplumé, empenné : Plin. 16, 48 ; 27, 79.
