pulvinar
[ puhl-vahy-ner ]
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
Origin of pulvinar
11590–1600; (noun) <Latin pulvīnar cushioned couch, equivalent to pulvīn(us) cushion + -ar, shortening of -āre, neuter of āris-ar1; (adj.) pulvin(us) + -ar1
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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 TranquillusAnd 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
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