penna

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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

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

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)

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

Dic, Phoenix unde in nitidos novus emicat annos, Plaudit et elusos aurea penna rogos?

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