plūma ae, f PLV-, a soft feather, feather, plume: plumae versicolores: ipsi plumā aut folio facilius moventur: mollis, V.: leves plumae, H.: in plumis delituisse Iovem, i. e. as a swan, O.: colla Mollibus in plumis reponit, down, O.: tuae cum veniet pluma superbiae, i. e. the first beard, H.: pellis aenis In plumam squamis auro conserta, i. e. scales of brass overlaid like plumage, V.
— Sing collect.: Pluma avium, plumage, O.