pulvinatus

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

pulvīnātus, a, um, adj. [pulvinus],

cushion-shaped , having a swelling or elevation , swelling , elevated : pulvinatus calyx (juglandis), Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 86: fissura (seminis palmae), id. 13, 4, 7, § 32: labrum scrobis, id. 17, 22, 35, § 168: capitula columnarum, cushion-shaped capitals , Vitr. 1, 2; 3, 3; hence, columnae, columns with cushion-shaped capitals , id. 4, 1 fin.