palmus
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek.
Noun
palmus (uncountable)
- (medicine, obsolete) A rhythmic tic or throb, such as a convulsion or the heartbeat.
Anagrams
- Sampul, ampuls
Latin
Alternative forms
- palma
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂m- (“palm of the hand”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpal.mus/, [ˈpäɫ̪mʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpal.mus/, [ˈpälmus]
Noun
palmus m (genitive palmī); second declension
- (anatomy) palm
- (unit of measure, Classical Latin) palm, (especially) the Roman palm of about 7.4 cm.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | palmus | palmī |
| Genitive | palmī | palmōrum |
| Dative | palmō | palmīs |
| Accusative | palmum | palmōs |
| Ablative | palmō | palmīs |
| Vocative | palme | palmī |
Synonyms
- (unit of length): palma (medieval)
Meronyms
- (unit of length): digitus (¼ palm), palmus maior (3 palms), pes (4 palms)
Descendants
- Catalan: pam, palm
- Galician: palmo
- Italian: palmo
- Piedmontese: palm
- Portuguese: palmo
- Spanish: palmo
References
- “palmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palmus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- palmus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “palmus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “palmus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Anagrams
- amplus, plumas