pulvinus

Latin > English

pulvinus pulvini N M :: cushion/pillow; raised bed of earth; raised border; bath back; platform/socket

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pulvīnus: i, m., prop.
I an elevation.
I A cushion, bolster, squab, pillow to sit or lie upon: mane pulvinum, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 38: Crassum pulvinus poposcisse, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 29; id. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 27; id. Fam. 9, 18, 4: epistula super caput in pulvino posita, Sall. J. 71, 4: epistulam pulvino subicere, Curt. 3, 6, 7; Nep. Pelop. 3, 2.—
   B Transf., a seat of honor: honestiorem te aut turpiorem potest facere pulvinus? Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 4; Cels. 3, 18; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 16, 2; Suet. Tib. 73; id. Calig. 12; Mart. 3, 82, 7; Juv. 3, 154.—
II An elevation in the fields, a raised border, ridge, bank, bed, Varr. R. R. 1, 35, 1; Col. 11, 3, 20; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159; 19, 4, 20, § 60; 22, 22, 34, § 76; Pall. 3, 24, 13; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 16.—
III A bolstering or surbase of brick, to cover the joint between the walls and floor of a barn, Col. 1, 6, 13.—
A sand-bank in the sea, Serv. Verg. A. 10, 302.—
A structure of stone in the water, upon which to erect a pillar, Vitr. 5, 12, 3.—
A projecting part of a catapult, the pillow, bolster, Vitr. 10, 15.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pulvīnus,¹² ī, m.,
1 coussin, oreiller : Cic. de Or. 1, 29 ; Verr. 2, 5, 27, etc.
2 [fig.] tout ce qui est en forme de coussin : par ex.] planche, a) plate-bande, massif, pelouse : Varro R. 1, 35, 1 ; Plin. 17, 159, etc.; Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 6, 16 ; b) banc de sable dans la mer : Serv. En. 10, 302 ; c) assise de pilier : Vitr. Arch. 5, 12, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

pulvīnus, ī, m. I) eig., der Pfühl, das Polster, Kissen, Sitzkissen und Kopfkissen, Cic., Sall. u.a. – II) übtr., jede polsterartige Erhöhung, A) von Erde in Kärten und auf dem Acker, Gartenbeet, Ackerbeet, Scriptt. r. r. u. Plin. ep. – B) von Ziegelsteinen in der Scheune, Colum. 1, 6, 13. – C) die Sandbank im Meere, Serv. Verg. Aen. 10, 302. – D) die erhöhte Lage von Sand u. Bruchsteinen, um einen Pfeiler im Wasser darauf zu setzen, Vitr. 5, 12, 3. – E) ein erhabener, hervorstehender Teil der Katapulta, das Kissen, Vitr. 10, 10, 5.

Translations

pillow

Abkhaz: ахчы; Adyghe: шъхьантэ, шъхьатэ; Afrikaans: kussing; Ainu: アエニヌィペ; Akan: sumiiɛ, sumii; Albanian: mëkresë, jastëk, kresë, kultër; Amharic: ትራስ; Arabic: وِسَادَة, مِخَدَّة; Egyptian Arabic: مخدة; Hijazi Arabic: مَخَدَّة; Moroccan Arabic: مخدة, خدية; Armenian: բարձ; Assamese: গাঁৰু, বালিছ; Asturian: almuhada; Azerbaijani: balış, yastıq; Bashkir: мендәр, яҫтыҡ; Basque: burko, bururdi; Bau Belarusian: падушка; Bengali: বালিশ; Bikol Central: ulunan; Brunei Malay: bantal; Bulgarian: възглавница; Burmese: ခေါင်းအုံး, အုံး; Buryat: дэрэ, пудуушха; Catalan: coixí; Chechen: гӏайба, миндар; Chinese Cantonese: 枕頭／枕头; Hokkien: 枕頭／枕头; Mandarin: 枕頭／枕头; Chuvash: ҫытар, минтер; Classical Nahuatl: cuāchicpalli, tzonicpalli; Coptic: ϣϣⲟⲧ ⲙⲣⲱⲙ; Cornish: pluvek; Crimean Tatar: yastıq; Czech: polštář; Danish: hovedpude; Daur: derbe; Dutch: hoofdkussen, oorkussen, kussen; Edo: ukohunmwun; Esperanto: kapkuseno; Estonian: padi; Faroese: koddi; Finnish: tyyny; French: oreiller, têtière, coussin; Gagauz: yastık; Galician: traveseiro, cabezal, faceiroa, almofada, chomazo; Georgian: ბალიში; German: Kopfkissen, Kissen, Ruhekissen, Polster; Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃; Greek: μαξιλάρι, προσκέφαλο; Ancient Greek: ἐμβρίμιον, ἐμβρύμιον, κνέφαλλον, ποικεφάλαιον, ποτικεφάλαιον, ποτίκρανον, πουλβῖνον, προσκεφάλαιον, προσκεφαλίς, προσκέφαλον, στρογγύλωμα, στρωμάτιον, τυλάριον, ὑποκεφάλαιον, φουλβῖνον; Gujarati: ઓશીકું; Haitian Creole: zorye; Hausa: matāshī; Hawaiian: uluna, ununa, ʻaki, ʻopeʻope; Hebrew: כָּרִית; Higaonon: uluna; Hiligaynon: almoháda; Hindi: सिरहाना, शिरोपधान; Hungarian: párna, vánkos; Icelandic: koddi; Ifè: ìrɛ̀wo; Igala: àloji; Igbo: ofili isī; Indonesian: bantal; Ingrian: poduška; Interlingua: cossino; Inuktitut: ᐊᑭᓯᖅ; Irish: adhairt, ceannadhairt, piliúr; Italian: guanciale, cuscino, testiera; Izon: tị́bịserii; Japanese: 枕; Javanese: karang ulu, kajang sirah, bantal; Jeju: 베게; Kabardian: щхьэнтэ; Kalmyk: дер; Kanakanabu: 'ʉnʉ; Kannada: ದಿಂಬು; Kapampangan: ulunan; Karachay-Balkar: жастыкъ, джастыкъ; Kazakh: жастық, көпшік; Khakas: частых; Khmer: ខ្នើយ; Kikuyu: muuto; Korean: 베개; Kumyk: ястыкъ, бойлукъ; Kurdish Central Kurdish: سەنگیا, سەرین; Northern Kurdish: balguh, balîf; Kutenai: ʔa·kǂam̓xunam; Kyrgyz: жаздык, балыш; Laboya: lunna; Ladin: plumac; Ladino: almofada, kavesal, almoáda, yastik; Lao: ໝອນ; Latgalian: spylvyns; Latin: cervical, pulvinus; Latvian: spilvens, pagalvis; Laz: ჲასტუღი; Lithuanian: pagalvė, priegalvis; Livonian: paḑā; Louisiana Creole: oriye; Lü: ᦖᦸᧃ, ᦖᦸᧃᦷᦠ; Lucumí: irorí, toroloní; Luxembourgish: Këssen, Kappkëssen, Pillem; Macedonian: перница; Maguindanao: ulunan; Malay: bantal; Malayalam: തലയണ; Maltese: mħadda; Manx: clooisag; Maori: urunga, pera; Maranao: olonan; Marathi: उशी; Middle English: pilwe, cod, quysshyn, bolster; Mirandese: almofada; Mongolian Cyrillic: дэр; Mongolian: ᠳᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ; Nepali: सिरानी; Ngazidja Comorian: mtao; Nogai: ястык; Norman: ouothilyi; Northern Altai: частык; Norwegian Bokmål: pute, hodepute; Nynorsk: pute; Nupe: tútí; Occitan: coissin; Ojibwe: apikweshimon; Okinawan: 枕; Old English: bolster; Old Norse: koddi; Oromo: boraatii; Ossetian: баз; Ottoman Turkish: یاصدق, بالش; Pashto: بالښت; Persian: بالش; Polish: poduszka, zagłówek; Portuguese: travesseiro, almofada; Punjabi Gurmukhi: ਸਿਰਹਾਣਾ; Shahmukhi: سِرْہاݨا; Romanian: pernă, perină; Russian: подушка; Samoan: aluga; Scots: pillae; Scottish Gaelic: cluasachan, cluasag; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ја̀стук, подушка; Roman: jàstuk, poduška; Seychellois Creole: zorye; Shor: частық; Sinhalese: කොට්ටයක්; Skolt Sami: pooddâšǩ; Slovak: vankúš, poduška; Slovene: vzglavnik, blazina; Southern Altai: јастык; Spanish: almohada; Sranan Tongo: kunsu; Swahili: mto; Swedish: kudde; Tagalog: unan, almohada; Tai Tai Tajik: болиш; Tamil: தலைகாணி, தலையணை; Tarifit: tsummet, tsunta; Tatar: мендәр; Tausug: ūan; Telugu: దిండు; Thai: หมอน; Tibetan: སྔས་ཤུབ; Toba Batak: halang ulu; Tupinambá: akangupapuku; Turkish: yastık; Turkmen: ýassyk; Tuvan: сыртык; Ukrainian: подушка; Urdu: تَکْیَہ, سِرْہانَہ, بالش, مسند; Uyghur: ياستۇق, پەيقۇ; Uzbek: yostiq, bolish; Vietnamese: gối; Vilamovian: kysła; Welsh: gobennydd, clustog; White Hmong: tog hauv ncoo; Yakut: сыттык; Yami: tangen; Yiddish: קישן; Yoruba: ìrọ̀rí; Yup'ik: putuskaq; Zazaki: balişna; Zhuang: swiz

Latin > Chinese

pulvinus, i. m. :: 枕頭。褥。池。畦子。埠頭。海堤。田池