palme
Dictionary entries
- Entry →palmus, palmi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
palm of the hand; width of palm as unit of measure (4 inches); span (L+S);
voc. sg.
Examples
- D
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...conlapsa ruant subductis tecta columnis. stratus humi palmes uiduas desiderat ulmos. esto bonus miles, tutor bonus, arbiter idem..." - P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...parcendum teneris, et dum se laetus ad auras palmes agit laxis per purum immissus habenis, ipsa acie nondum..."
