palmi
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);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...oras luminis edant. tympana tenta tonant palmis et cymbala circum concava, raucisonoque minantur cornua cantu, et Phrygio stimulat..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ruit in pelagus rursumque salo pressa resurgit; pellit palmis cogente metu freta, sed cedit fessa labori. Mansit tacitis..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ades uotis, quae tibi nobiles Thebae, Bacche, tuae palmis supplicibus ferunt. huc aduerte fauens uirgineum caput, uultu sidereo..."APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...silenti, Cretaea tenens oppida centum. Caedite maestis pectora palmis, O causidici, venale genus. Vosque poetae lugete novi, vosque..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...digitos argumenta digerimus sive aversis in sinistrum palmis abominamur sive obicimus adversas Sive in latus utramque distendimus sive..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...tangit.' sic ait et primis supplex dedit oscula palmis. Contra virgo novis iterum singultibus orsa est: 'linquo domos..."Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...erepta novercae! illa quidem fessis longe petit umida palmis vellera, sed bibulas urgenti pondere vestes unda trahit levique..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uiceris, ipse paciscor.' 515fatur et astrictis laxari uincula palmis imperat. heu, quanto melius uel caede peracta parcere Romano..."