παλάμη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *palámā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂(e)meh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognates include Latin palma, Old Irish lám, Old English folm, and Albanian shpullë.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.lá.mɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈla.me̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈla.mi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈla.mi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈla.mi/
Noun
πᾰλᾰ́μη • (palámē) f (genitive πᾰλᾰ́μης); first declension
- palm, hand
- device, cunning
- handiwork, work of art
Inflection
First declension of ἡ πᾰλᾰ́μη; τῆς πᾰλᾰ́μης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πᾰλᾰ́μη hē palámē | τὼ πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ tṑ palámā | αἱ πᾰλᾰ́μαι hai palámai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πᾰλᾰ́μης tês palámēs | τοῖν πᾰλᾰ́μαιν toîn palámain | τῶν πᾰλᾰμῶν tôn palamôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πᾰλᾰ́μῃ têi palámēi | τοῖν πᾰλᾰ́μαιν toîn palámain | ταῖς πᾰλᾰ́μαις taîs palámais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πᾰλᾰ́μην tḕn palámēn | τὼ πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ tṑ palámā | τᾱ̀ς πᾰλᾰ́μᾱς tā̀s palámās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πᾰλᾰ́μη palámē | πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ palámā | πᾰλᾰ́μαι palámai | ||||||||||
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First declension of πᾰλᾰ́μη; πᾰλᾰ́μης (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | πᾰλᾰ́μη palámē | πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ palámā | πᾰλᾰ́μαι palámai | ||||||||||
Genitive | πᾰλᾰ́μης / πᾰλάμηφι / πᾰλάμηφιν palámēs / palámēphi(n) | πᾰλᾰ́μαιν / πᾰλᾰ́μαιῐν / πᾰλᾰ́μῃῐν palámai(i)n / palámēiin | πᾰλᾰμᾱ́ων / πᾰλᾰμέ͜ων / πᾰλᾰμῶν palamā́ōn / palamé͜ōn / palamôn | ||||||||||
Dative | πᾰλᾰ́μῃ / πᾰλάμηφι / πᾰλάμηφιν palámēi / palámēphi(n) | πᾰλᾰ́μαιν / πᾰλᾰ́μαιῐν / πᾰλᾰ́μῃῐν palámai(i)n / palámēiin | πᾰλᾰ́μῃσῐ / πᾰλᾰ́μῃσῐν / πᾰλᾰ́μῃς / πᾰλᾰ́μαις palámēisi(n) / palámēis / palámais | ||||||||||
Accusative | πᾰλᾰ́μην palámēn | πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ palámā | πᾰλᾰ́μᾱς palámās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πᾰλᾰ́μη palámē | πᾰλᾰ́μᾱ palámā | πᾰλᾰ́μαι palámai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: παλάμη (palámi)
Further reading
- “παλάμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παλάμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “παλάμη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- παλάμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παλάμη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- παλάμη in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Alternative forms
- απαλάμη f (apalámi) (colloquial)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē).
Noun
παλάμη • (palámi) f (plural παλάμες)
- palm, hand
- decimetre
Declension
declension of παλάμη
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | παλάμη • | παλάμες • |
genitive | παλάμης • | παλαμών • |
accusative | παλάμη • | παλάμες • |
vocative | παλάμη • | παλάμες • |
Synonyms
- φούχτα f (foúchta)
- χούφτα f (choúfta)
Coordinate terms
- γροθιά f (grothiá, “fist”)
Related terms
- εν τη παλάμη και ούτω βοήσωμεν (en ti palámi kai oúto voḯsomen)
- το παράσημο της ανοιχτής παλάμης (to parásimo tis anoichtís palámis)