pavoninus
From LSJ
Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pāvōnīnus,¹⁶ a, um (pavo), de paon : Varro R. 3, 9, 10 ; Col. Rust. 8, 11, 11 || de queue de paon : Mart. 14, 67 (in lemmate) ; Tert. Val. 13.
