pulvinar

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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

Adjective

pulvinar (comparative more pulvinar, superlative most pulvinar)

  1. Padded; formed like a cushion.

Anagrams

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

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, 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/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pul‧vi‧nar

Noun

pulvinar m (plural pulvinares)

  1. (anatomy) pulvinar
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