pulvinus in Latin

IPA: [pʊɫˈwiː.nʊs] [Classical-Latin], [pulˈviː.nus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From pulvis (“dust, powder”) + -nus, for the filler of a pillow. Etymology templates: {{suf|la|pulvis|nus|t1=dust, powder}} pulvis (“dust, powder”) + -nus Head templates: {{la-noun|pulvīnus<2>}} pulvīnus m (genitive pulvīnī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pulvīnus<2>}} Forms: pulvīnus [canonical, masculine], pulvīnī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pulvīnus [nominative, singular], pulvīnī [nominative, plural], pulvīnī [genitive, singular], pulvīnōrum [genitive, plural], pulvīnō [dative, singular], pulvīnīs [dative, plural], pulvīnum [accusative, singular], pulvīnōs [accusative, plural], pulvīnō [ablative, singular], pulvīnīs [ablative, plural], pulvīne [singular, vocative], pulvīnī [plural, vocative]

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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "pulvino"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: pulvino"
    },
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          "args": {
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      "text": "Old Leonese:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "povin"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: povin"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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        }
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      "text": "→ English: pulvinus (learned)"
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        {
          "args": {},
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        }
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    }
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    {
      "form": "pulvīnus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulvīnī",
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "pulvīnō",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "pulvīnīs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulvīne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulvīnī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
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          "_dis": "46 54",
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          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "46 54",
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        "cushion, pillow, bolster"
      ],
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          "cushion",
          "cushion"
        ],
        [
          "pillow",
          "pillow"
        ],
        [
          "bolster",
          "bolster"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "culcita"
        },
        {
          "word": "coxīnus"
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        {
          "word": "cervīcal"
        }
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          "_dis": "26 74",
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          "orig": "la:Landforms",
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        }
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        "bank, an elevated piece of arable land; a raised bed"
      ],
      "id": "en-pulvinus-la-noun-PwnhHE7x",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[pulˈviː.nus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pulvinus"
}

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    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -nus",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "la:Landforms"
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    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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            "lbor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: pulvinus (learned)"
    },
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            "2": "*pulwī",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *pulwī",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *pulwī (see there for further descendants)"
    }
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "pulvis",
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      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "pulvīnus",
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        "masculine"
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      "form": "pulvīnī",
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        "genitive"
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      ]
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      "form": "pulvīnus",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "pulvīnī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulvīnī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "pulvīnōrum",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "pulvīnō",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "pulvīnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulvīnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulvīnōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulvīnō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulvīnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulvīne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pulvīnī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "cushion, pillow, bolster"
      ],
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        [
          "cushion",
          "cushion"
        ],
        [
          "pillow",
          "pillow"
        ],
        [
          "bolster",
          "bolster"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "culcita"
        },
        {
          "word": "coxīnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "cervīcal"
        }
      ],
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        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bank, an elevated piece of arable land; a raised bed"
      ],
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        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ]
      ],
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        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pulˈviː.nus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pulvinus"
}

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"pulvinus" meaning in Latin

Noun