palmula

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.mu.la/, [ˈpaɫ.mʊ.ɫa]

Noun

palmula f (genitive palmulae); first declension

1. diminutive of palma
2. the palm of the hand
3. (by extension) the fruit of the palm tree; date
4. (figuratively) blade of an oar
5. (figuratively) the wing of a bird

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	palmula	palmulae
genitive	palmulae	palmulārum
dative	palmulae	palmulīs
accusative	palmulam	palmulās
ablative	palmulā	palmulīs
vocative	palmula	palmulae

Synonyms

• (palm of the hand): palma
• (date): palma
• (oar): palma, rēmus
• (wing of a bird): āla

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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “palmula”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “palmula” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• palmula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers