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Borrowed from Latin pulvīnar (“a cushion”).

pulvinar (plural pulvinars)

  1. (anatomy) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.
  2. (obsolete) A pillow or cushion.

pulvinar (comparative more pulvinar, superlative most pulvinar)

  1. Padded; formed like a cushion.

From pulvīnus (“pillow”) +‎ -ar, from pulvis (“dust, powder”).

pulvīnar n (genitive pulvīnāris); third declension

  1. a couch for (images of) the gods and those who received divine honors
  2. (by extension) a sofa, cushioned seat, as one of honor
    Synonym: torus

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

  • “pulvinar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pulvinar”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pulvinar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to proclaim a public thanksgiving at all the street-shrines of the gods: supplicationem indicere ad omnia pulvinaria (Liv. 27. 4)
  • “pulvinar”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

From Latin pulvīnar.

  • IPA(key): /pulbiˈnaɾ/ [pul.β̞iˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pul‧vi‧nar

pulvinar m (plural pulvinares)

  1. (anatomy) pulvinar