palpus

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English

Noun

palpus (plural palpi)

  1. Synonym of pedipalp (“invertebrate appendage”)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

palpus m (genitive palpī); second declension

  1. palm of the hand
  2. feeler (of an insect)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case 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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