pulvillus
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English
Etymology
From Latin pulvillus (“a little cushion”).
Noun
pulvillus (plural pulvilli)
- (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
- 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