noun · neuterthird declension
pulvīnar
pulvīnar n (genitive pulvīnāris)
Meaning
- a couch for (images of) the gods and those who received divine honors
- broadlya sofa, cushioned seat, as one of honor
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Culcita · Pulvinus · Pulvinar
Culcita (from calcare?) is a hard-stuffed pillow; pulvinus and pulvinar, a soft elastic pillow; pulvinus, such as is used on ordinary civil occasions; pulvinar, such as is used on solemn religious occasions. (vi. 89.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pulvīnar | pulvīnāria |
| genitive | pulvīnāris | pulvīnārium |
| dative | pulvīnārī | pulvīnāribus |
| accusative | pulvīnar | pulvīnāria |
| ablative | pulvīnārī | pulvīnāribus |
| vocative | pulvīnar | pulvīnāria |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- supplicationem indicere ad omnia pulvinaria (Liv. 27. 4)
- to proclaim a public thanksgiving at all the street-shrines of the gods.
pulvīnar (polv-), āris, n. pulvinus,
I. a couch made of cushions, and spread over with a splendid covering, for the gods and persons who received divine honors; a couch or cushioned seat of the gods (in the lectisternium, placed for the gods before their statues and altars):
nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar deorum Tempus erat dapibus, Hor. C. 1, 37, 3; Liv. 5, 52, 6: aram et aediculam et pulvinar dedicare, Cic. Dom. 53, 136: quem Caesar majorem honorem consecutus erat, quam ut haberet pulvinar, simulacrum, etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110; cf. Suet. Caes. 76; so of Romulus, Ov. M. 14, 827; of Augustus, Suet. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 4: ad omnia pulvinaria supplicatio decreta est, before all the seats of the gods, i. e. in all the temples, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 23; so, decretum, uti supplicatio per triduum ad omnia pulvinaria haberetur, Liv. 22, 1, 15; cf. id. 30, 21; Tac. A. 14, 12: spectabat e pulvinari, the cushioned seat in the circus, Suet. Aug. 45: deorum pulvinaribus et epulis magistratuum fides praecinunt, i. e. at the lectisternia or feasts of the gods, Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.— Poet.: macellum pingue pulvinarium, i. e. rich store of beasts for sacrifice, Prud. στεφ. 10, 1056: templa deformantur, pulvinaria proteruntur, App. M. 4, p. 155, 39.—II. In gen., a sofa, cushioned seat, seat of honor, easy couch; of the couch or marriage-bed of Livia, Ov. P. 2, 2, 71;
of Messalina, Juv. 6, 31; cf. geniale, Cat. 64, 47; of the imperial seat on the spina in the circus, Suet. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 4; Juv. 6, 31; Suet. Dom. 13: in summo pulvinaris locatus cenā poculisque inauguratur, App. M. 7, p. 191.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pulvīnar (polv-) āris, abl. ārī, n
pulvinus, a couch of the gods, cushioned seat spread at a feast of the gods (before their statues in the lectisternium): Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar deorum dapibus, H.: in Iovis epulo num alibi pulvinar suscipi potest? be prepared , L.: pulvinaribus altis Dignior, O.— A shrine, temple, sacred place : ad omnia pulvinaria supplicatio decreta est, i. e. in all the temples : deorum pulvinaribus fides praecinunt, i. e. at the feasts of the gods.—A sofa, cushioned seat, seat of honor, easy couch : coniunx sua pulvinaria servat, O.: lupanaris tulit ad pulvinar odorem, i. e. to the empress's throne in the circus , Iu.
Origins
From pulvīnus (“pillow”) + -ar, from pulvis (“dust, powder”).
Descendants
- Englishpulvinar
- Italianpulvinare
- Spanishpulvinar
In English words that came into English from pulvīnar
- pulvinarpulvīnar