palatum
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-os, from *pleh₂- (“flat, wide”). Perhaps connected to Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌃𐌖𐌌 (faladum, “sky”), according to Michael L. Weiss. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Noun
palātum n (genitive palātī); second declension
- (literally, anatomy) palate (roof of the mouth)
- (transferred sense) something resembling the palate; vault
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | palātum | palāta |
| Genitive | palātī | palātōrum |
| Dative | palātō | palātīs |
| Accusative | palātum | palāta |
| Ablative | palātō | palātīs |
| Vocative | palātum | palāta |
Derived terms
- palātīnus (adjective)
- *palātāris
Descendants
Descendants of palatum in other languages
References
- “palatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “palatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- palatum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “palātum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 440