noun · femininefirst declension
palma1
palma f (genitive palmae)
Classical[ˈpaɫ.ma]Ecclesiastical[ˈpal.ma]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- femininepalm of the hand, hand
ingemit, et duplicīs tendēns ad sīdera palmās tālia vōce refert: [...].
Groaning, and extending both [his] hands to the stars, [Aeneas] responds with such an expression [of his fear]: …. (Facing imminent death at sea, Aeneas invokes the gods, raising his hands with the palms facing upward as if to receive divine blessing.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.93–94 - feminineblade of an oar
- femininepalm tree; date tree
- femininefigurativelyvictory
- Medieval Latinfemininea linear measure, palm, of various exact values throughout Europe but usually one quarter of the local foot.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
interior pars manūs apertae; in tabulā etiam statua palmam mōnstrat.palma -ae f — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum
manus interior, plānapalma -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 8, 12, 18
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | palma | palmae |
| genitive | palmae | palmārum |
| dative | palmae | palmīs |
| accusative | palmam | palmās |
| ablative | palmā | palmīs |
| vocative | palma | palmae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- palmam ferre, auferre
- to win the prize.
- palmam deferre, dare alicui
- to award the prize to...
palma, ae παλάμη; Sanscr. phal, to open, f.,
I. the palm of the hand.
I. Lit., Cic. Or. 32, 113; Cels. 8, 18:
cavis undam de flumine palmis Sustulit, Verg. A. 8, 69: aliquem palmā concutere, Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 7: faciem contundere palmā, Juv. 13, 128: os hominis liberi manus suae palmā verberare, Laber. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 13. —II. Transf.
A. (Pars pro toto.) The hand:
compressan' palma an porrecta ferio? Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53: palmarum intentus, Cic. Sest. 55, 117: passis palmis salutem petere, Caes. B. C. 3, 98: teneras arcebant vincula palmas, Verg. A. 2, 406: duplices tendens ad sidera palmas, id. ib. 1, 93: amplexus tremulis altaria palmis, Ov. M. 5, 103; Val. Fl. 8, 44.—B. The sole of a goose's foot:
palmas pedum anseris torrere, Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 52.—C. The broad end or blade of an oar: palmarum pulsus, Laber. ap. Non. 151, 27:
caerula verrentes abiegnis aequora palmis, Cat. 64, 7; Vitr. 10, 8.—D. A palm-tree, a palm, φοῖνιξ:
ab ejus summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur, Caes. B. G. 6, 26; Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 39: in palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum, id. 13, 11, 21, § 69; 16, 42, 81, § 223; Gell. 3, 6, 2: arbor palmae, Suet. Aug. 94: ardua, Verg. G. 2, 67: viridis, Ov. A. A. 2, 3: arbusto palmarum dives Idume, Luc. 3, 216.—Sing. collect.: umbrosa, Juv. 15, 76.—Hence, 2. Transf.
a. The fruit of the palm-tree, a date (poet.):
quid vult palma sibi rugosaque carica, Ov. F. 1, 185; Pers. 6, 39.—b. A palm-branch, e. g. which was suspended in wine to make it sweeter, Cato, R. R. 113; Col. 12, 20, 5.—
c. Hence, also, a broom made of palm-twigs:
ten' lapides varios lutulentā radere palmā, Hor. S. 2, 4, 83 (pro scopis ex palmā confectis, Schol.); Mart. 14, 82.—d. A palm-branch or palm-wreath, as a token of victory:
eodem anno (461 A.U.C.) ... palmae primum, translato e Graeciā more, victoribus datae, Liv. 10, 47; cf.: more victorum cum palmā discucurrit, Suet. Calig. 32: IMP. CAES. EX SICILIA EID. NOV. TRIVMPHAVIT, PALMAM DEDIT, dedicated to Jupiter, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 607; so very frequently: palmam dare, Tabulae Fastorum Triumph., v. Bullet. Instit. Archaeol. 1861, p. 91; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 2, 4; hence, e. Transf., a token or badge of victory, the palm or prize; and still more gen., victory, honor, glory, pre-eminence:
antehac est habitus parcus ... is nunc in aliam partem palmam possidet, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 32: plurimarum palmarum gladiator, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17: cum palmam jam primus acceperit, id. Brut. 47, 173: quos Elea domum reducit Palma caelestes, Hor. C. 4, 2, 17: quam palmam utinam di immortales tibi reservent, Cic. Sen. 6, 19: docto oratori palma danda est, id. de Or. 3, 35, 143; id. Att. 4, 15, 6; id. Phil. 11, 5, 11: alicujus rei palmam alicui deferre, id. de Or. 2, 56, 227; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 1: palmā donare aliquem, Ov. A. A. 2, 3: arbiter pugnae posuisse nudo Sub pede palmam Fertur, Hor. C. 3, 20, 11. —Of things: Siculum mel fert palmam, bears away the palm, has the preference, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14.—f. Hence, in gen., the topmost twig or branch of any tree:
quae cujusque stipitis palma sit, Liv. 33, 5, 10; cf. Curt. 4, 3, 10 (Mütz.)—g. Poet., of the victor himself:
post Helymus subit et jam tertia palma Diores, Verg. A. 5, 339; Sil. 16, 504, 574.—h. Of horses:
Eliadum palmae equarum, Verg. G. 1, 59.—k. Also, of one about to be conquered, and who is to become the prize of the victor:
ultima restabat fusis jam palma duobus Virbius, Sil. 4, 392.—E. A branch on a tree, esp. on a vine, = palmes, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3; Col. 3, 17, 4; 4, 15, 3; 4, 24, 12 sq.—
F. The fruit of an Egyptian tree, Plin. 12, 22, 47, § 103.—
G. An aromatic plant growing in Africa and Syria, Plin. 12, 28, 62, § 134 (= elate).—
H. A marine plant, Plin. 13, 25, 49, § 138.—
K. A town in the Balearic islands, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 77.
palma, ae, a collat. form for parma, v. parma
I. init.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
palma ae, f
, παλάμη, the palm, flat hand: cum manum dilataverat, palmae illius similem, etc.: cavis undam palmis Sustinet, V.: faciem contundere palmā, Iu.—The hand: palmarum intentus: passis palmis salutem petere, Cs.: amplexus tremulis altaria palmis, O.—The broad end of an oar, Ct.—A palm-tree, palm: in templo palma exstitisse ostendebatur, Cs.: ardua, V.—Sing. collect.: umbrosa, Iu.—The fruit of the palmtree, date: Quid volt palma sibi, O.—A broom of palm-twigs: lapides lutulentā radere palmā, H.— A branch, twig, L.—A palm-branch, palm-wreath, token of victory, palm, prize, pre-eminence: palmae victoribus datae, L.: plurimarum palmarum gladiator, victories: cum palmam iam primus acceperit: Elea, H.: docto oratori palma danda est: Huic consilio palmam do, T.: donat mea carmina palmā, O.: subit . . . tertia palma Diores, i. e. winning the third prize, V.: Eliadum palmae equarum, the best, V.—The topmost twig, shoot, branch: unum cornu existit . . . ab eius summo sicut palmae ramique diffunduntur, Cs.: quae cuiusque stipitis palma sit, L.: palmae arborum eminentium, Cu.
Origins
Inherited from Proto-Italic *palamā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πᾰλᾰ́μη (pălắmē), Old Irish lám, Old English folm, Albanian shpullë.
Elsewhere
- Frenchpaumefrom Old French paume
- Frenchpalmefrom Old French paume
- Romanianpalmfrom Old French paume
- Sardinianpalma
- Sardinianparma
- Sardinianprama
- GermanPalmefrom Old High German palm
- Normanpaûméfrom Old French paume
- Normanpalmefrom Old French palme
- Dutchpalmfrom Old French palme
Occitano-Romance
- Catalanpalma
- Catalanpalmell
- Occitanpalma
- Occitanpauma
West Iberian
- Portuguesepalmafrom Old Galician-Portuguese palma
- Englishpalmafrom Old Galician-Portuguese palma
- Spanishpalma
- Asturianpalma
- Galicianpalmafrom Old Galician-Portuguese palma
Eastern Romance
- Romanianpalmă
- Aromanianpalmã
- Megleno-Romanianpalmă
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianpalma
- Corsicanpalma
- Dalmatianpuolma
- Maltesepalmfrom Italian palma
- Sicilianparma
- Sicilianpamma
Gallo-Italic
- Piedmontesepalma
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianpalme
In English words that came into English from palma
- palmpalma
- palmatepalmātus
- palmarpalmāris
- palmettopalma
- palmarypalmarius
- palmerpalmārius
- palmigradepalma
- palmiferouspalmifer