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/

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 & 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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• palmula in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• palmula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers