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
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..."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..."
