palacurna

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

Noun

palacurna f (genitive palacurnae); first declension

  1. An ingot or nugget of gold.
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.11.77:
      palagas alii palacurnas iidem quod minutum est balucem vocant
      The names given to these lumps are "palagae," and "palacurnae," while the gold found in small grains is known as "baluce."

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative palacurna palacurnae
genitive palacurnae palacurnārum
dative palacurnae palacurnīs
accusative palacurnam palacurnās
ablative palacurnā palacurnīs
vocative palacurna palacurnae

Synonyms

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