palmaris

Latin

Etymology

From palma (“hand, palm of the hand; palm tree”) +‎ -āris.

Pronunciation

Adjective

palmāris (neuter palmāre); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Measuring the length, width or breadth of a hand or palm.
  2. Full of palms.
  3. That deserves the palmary or prize, superior, excellent.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative palmāris palmāre palmārēs palmāria
Genitive palmāris palmārium
Dative palmārī palmāribus
Accusative palmārem palmāre palmārēs
palmārīs		 palmāria
Ablative palmārī palmāribus
Vocative palmāris palmāre palmārēs palmāria

Synonyms
  • (measuring the length, width or breadth of a hand or palm): palmeus

Descendants
  • French: palmarès
  • Italian: palmare
  • Spanish: palmar

References
  • “palmaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “palmaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • palmaris 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)
  • palmaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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