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pennātus (pinn- ), a, um, adj. penna,
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.
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    • Old Testament, Proverbs, 1.17
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.350
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.738
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.72
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.1
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