Lewis & Short

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.