palmipes

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.mi.peːs/, [ˈpäɫ̪mɪpeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.mi.pes/, [ˈpälmipes]

Etymology 1

From palma (“palm [of the hand]”) + pēs (“foot [as a body part]”).

Adjective

palmipēs (genitive palmipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. broad-footed
2. web-footed

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	palmipēs			palmipedēs	palmipedia
Genitive	palmipedis			palmipedium
Dative	palmipedī			palmipedibus
Accusative	palmipedem	palmipēs		palmipedēs	palmipedia
Ablative	palmipedī			palmipedibus
Vocative	palmipēs			palmipedēs	palmipedia

Related terms

• palma
• palmāris
• palmārium
• palmārius
• palmātus
• palmēnsis
• palmes
• palmētum
• palmeus
• palmiceus, palmicius
• palmifer
• palmiger
• palmō
• palmōsus
• palmula
• palmulāris

Etymology 2

From palmus (“palmspan”) + pēs (“foot [as a Roman measure]”).

Adjective

palmipēs (genitive palmipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (measure of length) a foot and a palmspan

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	palmipēs			palmipedēs	palmipedia
Genitive	palmipedis			palmipedium
Dative	palmipedī			palmipedibus
Accusative	palmipedem	palmipēs		palmipedēs	palmipedia
Ablative	palmipedī			palmipedibus
Vocative	palmipēs			palmipedēs	palmipedia

Derived terms

• palmipedālis

References

• “palmipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palmipes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “palmipes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin