English → Latin
“cushion” in Latin
pulvīnusa cushion, pillow, bolster to sit or lie upon; a seat of honorpulvīnara couch for (images of) the gods and those who received divine honors; a sofa, cushioned seat, as one of honorculcitamattress, bedding, pillow, cushionlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch; to choose, select; to appoint
The English word cushion itself goes back to Latin coxa, through *coxīnus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cushion
pulvinus (general term): pulvinar: pulvinarium (only of the cushons for the images of the gods; Vid: Ramsh. SYN. No. 391): culcita (a mattress, to repose on, stuffed with some soft or compact substance): culcita. quae corpori resistit or in qua vestigium apparere non potest (a cushon or bolster, well stuffed): a couch with cushons, lectus. A small cushon, pulvillus: ☞ Torus is hardly used except by the poets; for sofa, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cushion?
- The usual Latin words for “cushion” are pulvīnus, pulvīnar, culcita; also legō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.