pulvinaribus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pulvinar, pulvinaris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cushioned couch (on which images of the gods were placed); couch for deity;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...medio glans intabescere caelo; pulchra subit facies et pulvinaribus altis dignior, est qualis trabeati forma Quirini. Flebat..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...sese deos putant. Sed licet illum aris, pulvinaribus, flamine colas; non alio magis tamen deum et facis..."