pinna ae, f
SPI-,
a feather, plume
(upon a bird; see also penna): (aves) pullos pinnis fovent.—
A wing
(only plur.): O Fides alma apta pinnis: pinnis coruscant
(apes), V.: non pinnis sublime elatos Alpīs
transgressos, L.—Fig.: illi, qui mihi pinnas
inciderant,
had clipped
, i. e.
made me helpless
: Decisis humilis pinnis, i. e.
humbled
, H.: Maiores pinnas nido
extendisse, i. e.
have risen above my origin
, H.: praepetis omnia pinnae, i. e.
of flight
, V.: pinnā veras dare
notas, O.—
An arrow
: olor traiectus pinnā, O.—
A pinnacle
: huic (aggeri) loricam pinnasque adiecit,
Cs.: asseribus falcatis detergebat
pinnas, L.: sedes pinnis atque aggere
cingit, V.—
A promontory, cape
: tribus (Sicania) excurrit in aequora pinnis,
O.
