pavoninus

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δόξειε δ' ἂν τῆς κυριωτάτης καὶ μάλιστα ἀρχιτεκτονικῆς. τοιαύτη δ' ἡ πολιτικὴ φαίνεται → It would seem to belong to the most authoritative art and that which is most truly the master art. And politics appears to be of this nature.

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pāvōnīnus: a, um, adj. id.,
I of or belonging to a peacock.
I Lit.: ova pavonina, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 10: pulli, Col. 8, 11, 13: muscaria, fly-flaps made of peacocks' tails, Mart. 14, 67 in lemm.—
II Transf., colored like a peacock's tail, pavonine: lectus pavoninus, a couch of citron-wood, Mart. 14, 85 in lemm.: ornatus, Tert. adv. Val. 13.