palmus

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

palmus (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) A rhythmic tic or throb, such as a convulsion or the heartbeat.

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂m- (palm of the hand).

Pronunciation

Noun

palmus m (genitive palmī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) palm
  2. (unit of measure, Classical Latin) palm, (especially) the Roman palm of about 7.4 cm.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • (unit of length): palma (medieval)

Meronyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: pam, palm
  • Galician: palmo
  • Italian: palmo
  • Piedmontese: palm
  • Portuguese: palmo
  • Sicilian: parmu
  • Spanish: palmo

References

  • palmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palmus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • palmus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • palmus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • palmus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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