pulvillus

English

Etymology

From Latin pulvillus (“a little cushion”).

Noun

pulvillus (plural pulvilli)

1. (entomology) One of the tiny cushions or pads on the feet of certain insects.

References

• “pulvillus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From pulvīnus (“pillow”) +‎ -lus (diminutive suffix).

Noun

pulvīllus m (genitive pulvīllī); second declension

1. diminutive of pulvīnus (“pillow”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pulvīllus	pulvīllī
genitive	pulvīllī	pulvīllōrum
dative	pulvīllō	pulvīllīs
accusative	pulvīllum	pulvīllōs
ablative	pulvīllō	pulvīllīs
vocative	pulvīlle	pulvīllī

References

• “pulvillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pulvillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pulvillus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pulvillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pulvillus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray