palpus

English

Noun

palpus (plural palpi)

1. palp (invertebrate appendage)

Anagrams

• Uppals, slap-up

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pus/, [ˈpäɫ̪pʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pus/, [ˈpälpus]

Noun

palpus m (genitive palpī); second declension

1. palm of the hand
2. feeler (of an insect)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palpus	palpī
Genitive	palpī	palpōrum
Dative	palpō	palpīs
Accusative	palpum	palpōs
Ablative	palpō	palpīs
Vocative	palpe	palpī

References

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