penna
Americannoun
plural
pennaenoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of penna
< Latin: feather. See pen 1
Example Sentences
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The word pen comes from the Latin penna, "a feather;" and as in olden days the ordinary pens were "quills" of birds, the name was very good.
From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)
L’eroe ha movimenti da eroe, il volgar da volgare; e quel che non descriverebbe lingua nè penna, descrive in pochissimi tratti l’ingegno e l’arte di Raffaello.”—p.
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883
A Noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or quality; as, Caesar, Caesar; Rōma, Rome; penna, feather; virtūs, courage.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
Similarly, I have used the form penna at iv 12 and vii 37, where C offers pinna.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
La penna non vale un corno, ne pure quello che la dirigge.
From The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Nohl, Ludwig
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