pavoninus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pāvōnīnus, a, um, adj. [1. pavo], of or belonging to a peacock.

I Lit.: ova pavonina, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 10: pulli, Col. 8, 11, 13: muscaria, fly-flaps made of peacocks’ tails , Mart. 14, 67 in lemm.

II Transf., colored like a peacock's tail , pavonine : lectus pavoninus, a couch of citron-wood , Mart. 14, 85 in lemm. : ornatus, Tert. adv. Val. 13.