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plūmĕus, a, um, adj. [pluma].

  1. I. Lit., downy, covered or filled with down, down- (class.): culcita plumea, Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 46: aures, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 68.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Downy, like down, i. e. light, soft, delicate (poet. and post-class.): plumea pondera, Mart. 4, 19, 7: nives, Arn. 2, 84: plumea et lactea cutis, App. M. 3, p. 135, 26.
    2. B. Embroidered: indumenta, Prud. Ham. 295.