penna
Americannoun
plural
pennaenoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of penna
< Latin: feather. See pen 1
Example Sentences
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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
Remigum penna prima brevissima, secunda pennis 4 proximis paribus brevior.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
In this country the problem is to decline "penna:" in Germany "mensa" is the word.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
But, alas! with the book the sounds glided away; and "penna" and "pennam" and "pennis" and "pennæ" were confusedly and indiscriminately mingled.
From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
"Are they so hugely interested in the performances of my unassuming penna?"
From Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. by Anstey, F.
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