pulvinar

[ puhl-vahy-ner ]

/ pʌlˈvaɪ nər /

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noun, plural pul·vi·nar·i·a

[puhl-vuh-nair-ee-uh]. /ˌpʌl vəˈnɛər i ə/.

(in ancient Rome)

a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god.
a cushioned seat at a circus.

Also called pulvinus. (on an Ionic capital) either of two convex forms having on their ends two of the volutes.

adjective

pulvinate (def. 3).

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Origin of pulvinar

1590–1600; (noun) <Latin pulvīnar cushioned couch, equivalent to pulvīn(us) cushion + -ar, shortening of -āre, neuter of āris-ar¹; (adj.) pulvin(us) + -ar¹

Words nearby pulvinar

pulv., pulverable, pulverize, pulverulent, pulvillus, pulvinar, pulvinate, pulvinus, puma, pumelo, pumice

How to use pulvinar in a sentence

But I do not approve of his witnessing the Circensian games from the Pulvinar.
The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Complete|C. Suetonius Tranquillus
And upon taking his wife again, after the divorce, he declared by proclamation, "that he had recalled her to his pulvinar."
The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Complete|C. Suetonius Tranquillus