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Pulvinar
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Pul-vi′nar
,Noun.
[L., a cushion.]
(Anat.)
A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
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pulvinar
pulvinar
Latin
Etymology
Related to pulvīnus (“pillow”), from pulvis (“dust, powder”).
Noun
pulvīnar n (genitive pulvīnaris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pulvīnar | pulvīnaria |
| genitive | pulvīnaris | pulvīnarium |
| dative | pulvīnarī | pulvīnaribus |
| accusative | pulvīnar | pulvīnaria |
| ablative | pulvīnarī | pulvīnaribus |
| vocative | pulvīnar | pulvīnaria |
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pulvinar”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to proclaim a public thanksgiving at all the street-shrines of the gods: supplicationem indicere ad omnia pulvinaria (Liv. 27. 4)
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(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