different between petiols vs pulvinus

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pulv?nus. Doublet of pillow.

Noun

pulvinus (plural pulvinae or pulvini)

1. (botany) A joint on a plant leaf or petiole that may swell and cause movement of the leaf or leaflet.

Further reading

• Adrian D. Bell, Plant Form (new ed.), Timber Press, 2008. ?ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From pulvis (“dust, powder”) +? -?nus (“-ine”), for the filler of a pillow.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pul?u?i?.nus/, [p????u?i?n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pul?vi.nus/, [pul?vi?nus]

Noun

pulv?nus m (genitive pulv?n?); second declension

1. cushion, pillow, bolster
2. an elevated piece of arable land; a raised bed

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• Italian: pulvino
• Old Leonese: [Term?]
  • Asturian: povin
• ? English: pulvinus (learned)
• ? West Germanic: *pulw? (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• pulvinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pulvinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pulvinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pulvinus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• pulvinus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin