pāvo

I. 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.