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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pulvīnārĭum: ĭi, n. *
I A cushioned seat or couch of the gods (for the usual pulvinar), Liv. 21, 62.—*
II An anchorage, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 27.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pulvīnārĭum, ĭī, n., c. pulvinar : Liv. 21, 62, 4 || *Pl. Cas. 557, v. pulvinar.

Latin > German (Georges)

pulvīnārium, iī, n. (pulvinus), I) die Polsterstätte einer Gottheit in ihrem Tempel, Liv. 21, 62, 4 H. (Wölfflin pulvinari). – II) der Standort eines Schiffes auf der Werft, Plaut. Cas. 557.