penna

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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

Sed taceat, qui χαῖρε tuum quoque nuntiat, ales; Χαῖρε meum penna candidiore venit.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

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

K. Manoel de Mello gives a fairer estimate in the witty phrase, "Chronista antigo, tão candido de penna, como de barba."

From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. I by Azurara, Gomes Eannes de