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pulvinulus

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Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil

Plato, Laws, 626e

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pulvīnŭlus: i, m.
dim. pulvinus,
I a little bank or bed of earth, Col. Arb. 10, 4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pulvīnŭlus, ī, m. (pulvinus), petit amas de terre : Col. Arb. 10, 4.