I.furnished with wings, winged (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “hic Jovis altisoni subito pennata (al. pinnata) satelles, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 47, 106: apes,” Plin. 11, 1, 1, § 1: “serpentes,” Ov. M. 7, 350: “pennati equi, quos pegasos vocant,” Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72: “Zephyrus,” Lucr. 5, 738: “ferrum,” an arrow, Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138.—Subst.: pennāta , ōrum, n. (sc. animalia), winged creatures, birds: “pennatorum infecunda sunt, quae aduncos habent ungues,” Plin. 10, 52, 73, § 143.—Prov.: “Frustra jacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum,” Vulg. Prov. 1, 17.—Comp.: voto pennatior, Auct. Itin. Alex. 69.—
II. Transf.: pennatas impennatasque agnas in Saliari carmine spicas significat cum aristis, et alias sine aristis ... (Aelius oves veteres et) agnas novas voluit intellegi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 211 Müll.