pulvillus
English
Etymology
Latin pulvillus (“a little cushion”).
Noun
pulvillus (plural pulvilli)
- (zoology) One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pulvillus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Latin
Etymology
From pulvīnus (“pillow”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).
Noun
pulvīllus m (genitive pulvīllī); second declension
- Diminutive of pulvīnus (“pillow”)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pulvīllus | pulvīllī |
| Genitive | pulvīllī | pulvīllōrum |
| Dative | pulvīllō | pulvīllīs |
| Accusative | pulvīllum | pulvīllōs |
| Ablative | pulvīllō | pulvīllīs |
| Vocative | pulvīlle | pulvīllī |
References
- “pulvillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pulvillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pulvillus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pulvillus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “pulvillus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray