palpus

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English

Noun

palpus (plural palpi)

Synonym of pedipalp (“invertebrate appendage”)

Anagrams

Uppals, slap-up

Latin

Etymology

From palpō (“to stroke, touch softly, feel”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pus/,

Noun

palpus m (genitive palpī); second declension

palm of the hand
feeler (of an insect)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	palpus	palpī
genitive	palpī	palpōrum
dative	palpō	palpīs
accusative	palpum	palpōs
ablative	palpō	palpīs
vocative	palpe	palpī

References

“palpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
palpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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