palmula

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *pel-?

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂

Proto-Italic *palamā

Latin palma

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ula

Latin palmula

From palma (“hand, palm of the hand; palm tree”) + -ula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpaɫ.mʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpal.mu.la]

Noun

palmula f (genitive palmulae); first declension

1. diminutive of palma
2. the palm of the hand

   Synonym: palma

3. (by extension) the fruit of the palm tree; date

   Synonym: palma

4. (figuratively) blade of an oar

   Synonyms: palma, rēmus

5. (figuratively) the wing of a bird

   Synonym: āla

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	palmula	palmulae
genitive	palmulae	palmulārum
dative	palmulae	palmulīs
accusative	palmulam	palmulās
ablative	palmulā	palmulīs
vocative	palmula	palmulae

Derived terms

• palmulāris

Related terms

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

References

• “palmula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “palmula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "palmula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “palmula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “palmula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers