pulvinar
κάλλιστον τὸ δικαιότατον, λῷστον δ' ὑγιαίνειν → nothing is more beautiful than being just, but nothing is more pleasant than being healthy | Most beautiful is what is most just; the best thing is to be healthy.
Latin > English
pulvinar pulvinaris N N :: cushioned couch (on which images of the gods were placed); couch for diety
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pulvīnar: (polv-), āris, n. pulvinus,
I a couch made of cushions, and spread over with a splendid covering, for the gods and persons who received divine honors; a couch or cushioned seat of the gods (in the lectisternium, placed for the gods before their statues and altars): nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar deorum Tempus erat dapibus, Hor. C. 1, 37, 3; Liv. 5, 52, 6: aram et aediculam et pulvinar dedicare, Cic. Dom. 53, 136: quem Caesar majorem honorem consecutus erat, quam ut haberet pulvinar, simulacrum, etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 110; cf. Suet. Caes. 76; so of Romulus, Ov. M. 14, 827; of Augustus, Suet. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 4: ad omnia pulvinaria supplicatio decreta est, before all the seats of the gods, i. e. in all the temples, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 23; so, decretum, uti supplicatio per triduum ad omnia pulvinaria haberetur, Liv. 22, 1, 15; cf. id. 30, 21; Tac. A. 14, 12: spectabat e pulvinari, the cushioned seat in the circus, Suet. Aug. 45: deorum pulvinaribus et epulis magistratuum fides praecinunt, i. e. at the lectisternia or feasts of the gods, Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.— Poet.: macellum pingue pulvinarium, i. e. rich store of beasts for sacrifice, Prud. στεφ. 10, 1056: templa deformantur, pulvinaria proteruntur, App. M. 4, p. 155, 39.—
II In gen., a sofa, cushioned seat, seat of honor, easy couch; of the couch or marriage-bed of Livia, Ov. P. 2, 2, 71; of Messalina, Juv. 6, 31; cf. geniale, Cat. 64, 47; of the imperial seat on the spina in the circus, Suet. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 4; Juv. 6, 31; Suet. Dom. 13: in summo pulvinaris locatus cenā poculisque inauguratur, App. M. 7, p. 191.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pulvīnar¹¹ (polv-), āris, n.,
1 coussin de lit sur lequel on plaçait les statues des dieux pour un festin (un lectisternium) ; lit de parade : Cic. Domo 136 ; Phil. 2, 110 ; Hor. O. 1, 37, 3 ; Liv. 5, 52, 6, etc. || [fig.] ad omnia pulvinaria supplicatio decreta est Cic. Cat. 3, 23, on décréta des supplications à tous les dieux [dans tous les temples], cf. Liv. 22, 1, 15
2 lit des déesses, des impératrices : Catul. 64, 47 ; Ov. P. 2, 2, 71 || loge impériale au cirque : Suet. Aug. 45, etc. || [plaist] lit = mouillage pour un navire : Pl. Cas. 557.
Latin > German (Georges)
pulvīnar (polvīnar), āris, Abl. ārī, n. (pulvinus), I) der mit kostbaren Decken belegte Polstersitz für die Götter, den man bei dem lectisternium (s. d.) den Göttern bereitete, das Götterpolster, pulvinar suscipere, Liv.: p. dedicare, Cic.: dem Romulus als Gott gewidmet, Ov. met. 14, 827: von Cäsar angenommen, Cic. Phil. 2, 110. Suet. Caes. 76, 1. – meton., ad omnia pulvinaria supplicatio decreta est, ein Bittgang zu allen Götterpolstern (= in allen Tempeln), Cic.: ebenso decretum, ut quinque dies circa omnia pulvinaria supplicaretur, Liv.: et deorum pulvinaribus et epulis magistratuum fides praecinunt, die Lektisternien, Polstermahle usw. durch Saitenspiel begleiten, Cic. Tusc. 4, 4. – u. poet., macellum pingue pulvinarium, an Opfertieren, Prud. perist. 10, 1056. – II) übtr., die Lagerstätte der Göttinnen u. Kaiserinnen, wie der Thetis, Catull. 64, 47: der Livia, Ov. ex Pont. 2, 2, 71: der Messalina, Iuven. 6, 31. – und das kaiserl. Polster auf der spina im Zirkus, spectabat e pulvinari, Suet. Aug. 45, 1.
