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Menander, Monostichoi, 339

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pulvīnātus: a, um, adj. pulvinus,
I cushion-shaped, having a swelling or elevation, swelling, elevated: pulvinatus calyx (juglandis), Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86: fissura (seminis palmae), id. 13, 4, 7, § 32: labrum scrobis, id. 17, 22, 35, § 168: capitula columnarum, cushion-shaped capitals, Vitr. 1, 2; 3, 3; hence, columnae, columns with cushion-shaped capitals, id. 4, 1 fin.>