pavo

pāvo, ōnis (ante-class. and late collat. form pāvus, i, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 75 P., or Ann. v. 15 Vahl.; Arn. 7, 215; Tert. Pall. 5; id. Anim. 33; Aus. Epigr. 69; id. Ep. 20, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 22; whence fem. pava, q. v.), m. [cf. ταώς],

• a peacock, sacred to Juno, Varr. L. L. 5, § 75 Müll.; id. R. R. 3, 6; Col. 8, 11; Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 43; Pall. 1, 28: cauda pavoni donata, Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18; cf. Lucr. 2, 806.—As a delicacy, Juv. 1, 143; Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 20.—The male, for the sake of distinction, is called masculus pavo, Col. 8, 11, 10; and the female, femina pavo, Gell. 7, 16, 5.—From the tails of peacocks fly-flaps were made; cf. Mart. 14, 67, and v. pavoninus.

pāvo, ōnis, m. (griech. ταώς = ταϝώς), der Pfau, der der Juno heilige Vogel (Iunonia avis), Varro, Cic. u.a.: sein Fleisch, eine Lieblingsspeise der Römer, Cic. u. Iuven. – v. Männchen u. Weibchen mit dem Zusatze masculus u. femina, Colum.

pavo [CL], ~us 1 peacock; b (spec.); c (w. ref. to feathers used by fletcher); d (w. ref. to gait). parri tinnipant, pavi paululant [sic], perdices cacabant Aldh. PR 131; versicolor ~onis gloria Id. VirgP 9; alis ‥ in modum psittaci ~onisve lucida viriditate fulgentibus Gir. TH I 18; queritur quare ~ones habeant tam magnam caudam et tam varios colores in cauda? Quaest. Salern. W 1; ~o, decentium insigni colorum varietate picturatus, quedam deliciosa videtur esse nature ostentatio Neckam NR I 39; hic ~o, poun Gl. AN Glasg. f. 21vb; 1378 vetus maeremium in maneriis predictis in diversis locis precii xlij s. item fimus precii xviij d.; item ij scale precii viij d.; item iij pavones precii ‥ IMisc 213/5; 1421 penne phavon’ (v. depennare a); hic ~o, A. a pecoke, pocokk WW.  b ~ones silvestres hic abundant Gir. TH I 14; columellae meleagrides videntur illae esse aves quas nonnulli ~ones Indicos appellant: nam illas paleis et cristis caeruleis esse, in confesso est Turner Av. E4.  c 1321 tres sagittas barbatas pennis ~orum pennatas IPM 66 (21).  d gressibus ‥ suis ~onibus immo latronibus se simulant J. Furness Kentig. 18 p. 191. 2 (applied to artefact): a (artefact shaped like peacock); b (brightly coloured cloth; cf. pounacium). a 1255 dedit insuper regina Francie regi Anglie unum ~onem, videlicet lavacrum lapidum mirabile, quod similitudinem pavonis in forma ostendebat M. Par. Maj. V 489.  b 1232 mandatum est W. de H. et W. Scissori quod ‥ ad opus regis ‥ duos capellos de ~one cum pulcris laciniis et cum cristallis et unum capellum de feutro linatum cendallo ‥ emi faciant Cl 43.

1 pāvō, (12) ōnis, m. , paon [oiseau] : Cic. Fin. 3, 18 || f. pavo femina Gell. 7, 16, 5, la femelle du paon, paonne.

pavo , onis. m.
孔雀。— foemina. f. 母孔雀。

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pāvō ōnis, m

• a peacock: cauda pavoni donata.—Eaten as a delicacy, H., Iu.