pulvinar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulvīnar (“a cushion”).

Noun

pulvinar (plural pulvinars)

1. (anatomy) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
2. (obsolete) A pillow or cushion.

Translations

prominence on the thalamus

• Italian: pulvinare m
• Spanish: pulvinar m

Adjective

pulvinar (comparative more pulvinar, superlative most pulvinar)

1. Padded; formed like a cushion.

Anagrams

• parvulin

Latin

Etymology

From pulvīnus (“pillow”) +‎ -ar, from pulvis (“dust, powder”).

Noun

pulvīnar n (genitive pulvīnāris); third declension

1. a couch for (images of) the gods and those who received divine honors
2. (by extension) a sofa, cushioned seat, as one of honor

   Synonym: torus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	pulvīnar	pulvīnāria
genitive	pulvīnāris	pulvīnārium
dative	pulvīnārī	pulvīnāribus
accusative	pulvīnar	pulvīnāria
ablative	pulvīnārī	pulvīnāribus
vocative	pulvīnar	pulvīnāria

Descendants

• English: pulvinar
• Italian: pulvinare
• Spanish: pulvinar

References

• “pulvinar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pulvinar”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pulvinar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to proclaim a public thanksgiving at all the street-shrines of the gods: supplicationem indicere ad omnia pulvinaria (Liv. 27. 4)
    
• “pulvinar”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pulvīnar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pulbiˈnaɾ/ [pul.β̞iˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pul‧vi‧nar

Noun

pulvinar m (plural pulvinares)

1. (anatomy) pulvinar