palimpissa

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλίμπισσα (palímpissa, “pitch reboiled, dry pitch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.limˈpis.sa/, [pälʲɪmˈpɪs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.limˈpis.sa/, [pälimˈpisːä]

Noun

palimpissa f (genitive palimpissae); first declension

1. pitch boiled twice, dry pitch

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palimpissa	palimpissae
Genitive	palimpissae	palimpissārum
Dative	palimpissae	palimpissīs
Accusative	palimpissam	palimpissās
Ablative	palimpissā	palimpissīs
Vocative	palimpissa	palimpissae

References

• “palimpissa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palimpissa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.