LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

palmāris

palmāris (neuter palmāre)
Classical[paɫˈmaː.rɪs]Ecclesiastical[palˈmaː.ris]

Meaning

  1. two terminationMeasuring the length, width or breadth of a hand or palm.
  2. two terminationFull of palms.
  3. two terminationThat deserves the palmary or prize, superior, excellent.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepalmārispalmārispalmāre
genitivepalmārispalmārispalmāris
dativepalmārīpalmārīpalmārī
accusativepalmārempalmārempalmāre
ablativepalmārīpalmārīpalmārī
vocativepalmārispalmārispalmāre
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepalmārēspalmārēspalmāria
genitivepalmāriumpalmāriumpalmārium
dativepalmāribuspalmāribuspalmāribus
accusativepalmārīs
palmārēs		palmārīs
palmārēs		palmāria
ablativepalmāribuspalmāribuspalmāribus
vocativepalmārēspalmārēspalmāria

palmāris, e, adj. 1. palma.
I. A hand's-breadth, or palm, in length, width, etc.: virgulae, Varr. R. R. 1, 35: spatia, Col. 8, 3; 11, 3: scrobes, Pall. 3, 24: palmarem in minutiem contrahi, Arn. 6, 204.—
II. Of palms, full of palms, palm-: lucus, Amm. 24, 4, 7.—
B. Trop., that merits the palm or prize, excellent (class.): statua, Cic. Phil. 6, 5, 15: sententia, id. N. D. 1, 8, 20: dea, the goddess of victory, because she is represented with a palm-branch, App. M. 2, p. 116, 2.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂meh₂
  5. Proto-Italic*palamā
  6. Latinpalmāris

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin palmāris From palma (“hand, palm of the hand; palm tree”) + -āris.

Descendants
  • Italianpalmare
  • Spanishpalmar
  • Frenchpalmarès

In English words that came into English from palmāris

  • palmarpalmāris

Quick answers

What does palmāris mean in Latin?
palmāris, a adjective, means “Measuring the length, width or breadth of a hand or palm.; Full of palms.; That deserves the palmary or prize, superior, excellent.”.
How do you pronounce palmāris?
In classical Latin, [paɫˈmaː.rɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [palˈmaː.ris].
Where does palmāris come from?
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? → Proto-Indo-European *pel-? → Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ → Proto-Italic *palamā → Latin palmāris.