pulvinus

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English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pulvīnus. Doublet of pillow.

Pronunciation

Noun

pulvinus (plural pulvinae or pulvini)

  1. (botany) A joint on a plant leaf or petiole that may swell and cause movement of the leaf or leaflet.

Further reading

  • Adrian D. Bell, Plant Form (new ed.), Timber Press, 2008. →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From pulvis (“dust, powder”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine”), for the filler of a pillow.

Pronunciation

Noun

pulvīnus m (genitive pulvīnī); second declension

  1. cushion, pillow, bolster
  2. bank, an elevated piece of arable land; a raised bed

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pulvīnus pulvīnī
Genitive pulvīnī pulvīnōrum
Dative pulvīnō pulvīnīs
Accusative pulvīnum pulvīnōs
Ablative pulvīnō pulvīnīs
Vocative pulvīne pulvīnī

Descendants

  • Italian: pulvino
  • Old Leonese:
  • → English: pulvinus (learned)
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *pulwī (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • “pulvinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pulvinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pulvinus 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)
  • “pulvinus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • “pulvinus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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