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pāla, ae, f. [contr. from pagela, from pago, pango: pala a pangendo, Varr. L. L. 5, § 134 Müll.], a spade.

  1. I. Lit.: palas vendundas sibi ait … ut hortum fodiat, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 58: sarcula VIII., palas IV., Cato, R. R. 10, 3: palae innixus, Liv. 3, 26: juncosus ager verti pala debet, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 46: palis laxatus, id. 17, 17, 27, § 123; Col. 10, 45.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A peel for putting bread into the oven, Cato, R. R. 11 fin.
    2. B. A winnowing-shovel, Tert. Praescr. 3; so Juvenc. 1, 371.
    3. C. The bezel of a ring = funda: palam anuli ad palmam convertere, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38.
    4. D. The shoulder-blade, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 35; id. Tard. 3, 2.
    5. E. An Indian tree, the plantain-tree: Musa Paradisiaca, Linn.; Plin. 12, 6, 12, § 24.

pālābundus, a, um, adj. [palor], wandering about, struggling (post-class.): Judaei dispersi palabundi, Tert. Apol. 21: equites, Auct. Itin. Alex. 56 Mai: oves, Cypr. Ep. 42, 4.

†† palacrāna or palacurna, ae, f. [Span.], an ingot of gold, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 77.

Pălaemon, ŏnis, m., = Παλαίμων.

  1. I. A sea-god, formerly called Melicerta, the son of Athamas and Ino: O Palaemon, sancte Neptuni comes, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 70; Cic. N. D. 3, 15, 39; Verg. A. 5, 823; Ov. M. 4, 542; id. H. 17, 159.
    Hence,
    1. B. Pălae-mŏnĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the seagod Palœmon, poet. for Corinthian, Stat. Th. 2, 380: Palaemoniae coronae, won at the Isthmian games, which were celebrated in honor of Palœmon, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 289.
  2. II. Remmius Palaemon, a Roman grammarian in the time of Tiberius and Claudius, Quint. 1, 4, 20; 1, 5, 60; Suet. Gram. 23; Juv. 6, 451; 7, 215; Pers. 2, 86.
  3. III. A shepherd, Verg. E. 3, 50.

Pălaeno, ūs or ōnis, f., one of the Danaides, Hyg. Fab. 170.

Pălaepharsālus, i, f., Old Pharsalus, a town of Thessaly, near Pharsalus, Liv. 44, 1; Auct. B. Alex. 1; Eutr. 6, 16.

Pălaephătĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Palœphatus (a Grecian mythographer), Palœphatian, Verg. Cir. 87.

Pălaepŏlītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Campanian city Palœpolis, joined to Neapolis, Palœpolitan.
Subst.: Pălaepŏlītāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Palœpolis, Liv. 8, 22.

Pălaestē, ēs, f., = Παλαιστή,

  1. I. a seaport in Epirus, Caes. B. C. 3, 6 fin. dub. (al. Pharsalia).
    Hence,
  2. II. Pălaestīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Palœste or Epirus (as the entrance to the Lower World), Palœstian: Palaestinae deae, the Furies, Ov. F. 4, 236 (where Meletinas is a better reading): arenae, Luc. 5, 460.

† pălaestes, ae, m., = παλαιστής, a wrestler, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 27 fin.

Pălaestīnă (Pălest-), ae, and Pă-laestīnē, ēs, f., = Παλαιστίνη, the country of Palestine, in Syria, Mel. 1, 11, 2; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66 sq.
Hence,

  1. A. Pă-laestīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Palestine: aqua, the Euphrates, Ov. F. 2, 464: Syrus, Tib. 1, 8, 17 (7, 18): Palaestini simul Hebraeique liquores, Stat. S. 5, 1, 213.
    In plur.: Pălaestīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Palestine, Ov. M. 4, 46; Hier. in Isa. 14, 29; the Philistines, Vulg. Gen. 21, 33.
  2. B. Pălaestīnensis, e, adj., Palestinian, Spart. Sev. 9.

† pălaestra, ae, f., = παλαίστρα,

  1. I. a wrestling-school, wrestling-place, place of exercise, palœstra, where youths, with their bodies naked and anointed with oil, practised gymnastic exercises. Such palæstrae were also attached to private houses: in palaestram venire, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 20; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 27: in palaestrā atque in foro, id. Am. 4, 1, 3: statuas in palaestrā ponere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 36: pars in gramineis exercent membra palaestris, Verg. A. 6, 642.
    Of the palæstrae in private houses, Varr. R. R. 3, 13: (Fibrenus) tantum complectitur quod satis sit modicae palaestrae loci, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A wrestling in the palæstra, the exercise of wrestling: non utuntur in ipsā lusione artificio proprio palaestrae, sed indicat ipse motus, didicerintne palaestram an nesciant, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 73: exercent patrias oleo labente palaestras Nudati socii, Verg. A. 3, 281: corpora agresti nudant palaestrae, id. G. 2, 531: uncta palaestra, Ov. H. 19, 11: nitidā palaestrā ludere, id. ib. 16, 149; cf. Luc. 4, 615.
      Mercury was regarded as the founder of wrestling combats, Hor. C. 1, 10, 4; Luc. 9, 661.
    2. B. In the lang. of comedy, a brothel, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 34; Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 20.
    3. C. Exercises in the school of rhetoric, rhetorical exercises, a school of rhetoric, a school: nitidum genus verborum sed palaestrae magis et olei, quam hujus civilis turbae ac fori, Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 81: non tam armis institutus, quam palaestrā, id. Brut. 9, 37: sic adjuvet, ut palaestra histrionem, id. Or. 4, 14; 56, 186; cf. id. ib. 68, 228: Antipater habuit (in scribendā historiā) vires agrestes ille quidem atque horridas sine nitore ac palaestrā, id. Leg. 1, 2, 6.
    4. * D. An art or skill: utemur eā palaestrā, quam a te didicimus, Cic. Att. 5, 13, 1.

palaestrĭcē and palaestrĭcōs, advv., v. palaestricus fin.

† pălaestrĭcus, a, um, adj., = παλαιστρικος,

  1. I. of or belonging to the palœstra, palœstric: pro exercitu gymnastico et palaestrico hoc habemus, Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 7: palaestrici motūs, the motions of a dancingmaster, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130: magister, Quint. 2, 8, 7; cf. doctores, id. 12, 2, 12: facies decora et suci palaestrici plena, App. Mag. p. 315.
    Sarcastically of Verres: palaestricus praetor, because he illegally decided a cause in favor of a company of wrestlers, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. pălaestrĭcus, i, m., a teacher of the art of wrestling, Quint. 1, 11, 15.
    2. B. pălae-strĭca, ae, f., the art of wrestling, Quint. 2, 21, 11.
      Hence, advv.
      1. 1. pălaestrĭcē, after the manner of the palœstra: palaestrice spatiari in xysto, Cic. Opt. Gen. 3.
      2. 2. In the Greek form pălaestrĭcōs, = παλαιστρικῶς, the same (ante-class.), Afran. ap. Non. 154, 12 (Com. Rel. p. 157, v. 154 Rib.).

† pălaestrīta, ae, m., = παλαιστρίτης,

  1. I. the director of a wrestling-school, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 36; 2, 2, 22, § 54: lubricus palaestrita, Mart. 3, 58, 25.
  2. II. In gen., a wrestler: artifex, Amm. 15, 3, 4.

palaga, ae, f., an ingot of gold [Span.], Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 77 (al. palacra).

pălam, adv. and prep. [locative form; cf.: clam, perperam, etc.; root pal-, pla-; as in πλατύς, planus; cf. pellis; hence, on the surface, on the open plain, and so], openly, publicly, undisguisedly, plainly (cf.: publice, vulgo, aperte; opp.: clam, occulte, secreto, etc.; class.).

  1. I. Lit.: haec quae in foro palam Syracusis … gesta sunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81: auferre argentum palam atque aperte, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 68; so, non ex insidiis, sed aperte ac palam elaboratur, Cic. Or. 12, 38; and: palam agere coepit et aperte dicere occidendum Milonem, id. Mil. 9, 25; cf. also id. Verr. 1, 7, 18: PALAM LVCI, Tab. Bant. vers. 15; so ib. vers. 22; cf.: arma in templum Castoris luce palam comportarentur, Cic. Pis. 10, 23: ut luce palam in foro saltet, id. Off. 3, 24, 93: gaudia clamque palamque, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 247 Vahl.); Cic. Cael. 9, 20: non per praestigias, sed palam, id. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53: non occulte sed palam, id. ib. 2, 4, 22, § 49: palam … obscurius, id. Ac. 2, 5, 13: bestiae furtim fruuntur (frumento), domini palam et libere, id. N. D. 2, 63, 157: palam ante oculos omnium, id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; Verg. A. 9, 153: nec palam nec secreto, Liv. 44, 34; cf. Tac. A. 2, 72: palam … intus, id. ib. 4, 1: quod palam abnuerat inter secreta convivii largitur, id. H. 2, 57, in late Lat.: in palam, Vulg. Sap. 14, 17; id. Luc. 8, 17.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Palam est or factum est, it is public, well known: palam est res, Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 18: haec commemoro quae sunt palam, Cic. Pis. 5, 11: palam ante oculos omnium esse, id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65: palam factum est, id. Att. 13, 21, 3: hāc re palam factā, Nep. Han. 7, 7; cf.: palam facere suis, quo loco Eumenes esset, id. ib. 11, 1: hujus de morte ut palam factum est, id. Dion. 10, 2; cf.: cum exspirasset Tarquinius, celatā morte, suas opes firmavit: tum demum palam factum est, etc., Liv. 1, 41 fin.: et nondum palam facto vivi mortuique, id. 22, 55, 3: cui palam facti parricidii obnoxius erat, id. 40, 56, 3; so (euphemist.), ut de Claudio palam factum est, when the death of Claudius was announced: cogitur Cato incumbens gladio simul de se ac de republicā palam facere, Sen. Tranq. 16, 1: idem nobis prophetae palam faciunt, Lact. 7, 7, 13.
      With subject-clause: pisces audire palam est, it is well known, Plin. 10, 70, 89, § 193: dicere, to say openly, Suet. Caes. 27: palam ferente Hannibale ab se Minucium, se ab Fabio victum, making no secret of it, Liv. 22, 29, 6.
    2. B. Prep., with abl., analogous to clam and coram, before, in the presence of one (not ante-Aug., and mostly poet.): te palam, Hor. Epod. 11, 19: meque palam de me tuto male saepe loquuntur, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 39: meque palam, id. A. A. 2, 549: Marte palam, id. ib. 2, 569; Albin. 1, 444: rem creditori palam populo solvit, Liv. 6, 14, 5: palam omnibus, id. 25, 18: palam senatu, Aur. Vict. Caes. 5.

Pălămēdes, is, m., = Παλαμήδης, son of Nauplius, king of Eubœa, who lost his life before Troy, through the artifices of Ulysses, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; id. Off. 3, 26, 98; Auct. Her. 2, 19, 28. He is said, by observing the flight of cranes, to have invented the letters Θ, Ξ, Φ, Χ, acc. to others the letters Υ and Δ, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 192; Mart. 13, 75, 2.
Hence,

  1. A. Pălămēdēus, a, um, adj., Palamedean, Manil. 4, 206.
  2. B. Pă-lămēdĭăcus, a, um, adj., Palamedic: Palamediaci calculi, the counters in the game of draughts which Palamedes invented, Cassiod. Var. 8, 31.
  3. C. Pălămēdĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Palamedic, Aus. Techn. de Monosyll. 25.

pălangae, v. phalangae.

pălangārĭus (pălanc-), v. 1. phalangarius.

Pălantĭeis, um, m., = Παλαντιεῖς, the immigrants who accompanied Evander, Varr. L. L. 5, § 53 Müll. N. cr.

Pălanto, ūs, f., the wife of Latinus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 53 Müll. N. cr.

pălāra, ae, f., a bird, otherwise unknown: dulce palara sonat, quam dicunt nomine drostam, Auct. Carm. Phil. 11.

pālārĭs, e, adj. [1. palus],

  1. I. of or belonging to pales or stakes: silva palaris, from which pales are fetched, Dig. 7, 1, 9.
  2. II. Subst.: pālārĭa, ĭum, n., the exercise of tilting against a stake; also, the place of this exercise, Veg. Mil. 1, 11; 2, 23; cf. Charis. p. 21 P.

pălāsĕa and plāsĕa, ae, f., the tailpiece or buttock of an ox offered for sacrifice, Arn. 7, 230.

† pălătha, ae, f., = παλάθη, dried fruit, usually figs, Vulg. 2 Reg. 16, 1; id. Judith, 10, 5.

Pălātīnus, a, um, v. Palatium, II.

pālātĭo, ōnis, f. [1. palus], a driving in of pales or stakes, Vitr. 2, 9.

Pălātĭum (Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 1, 70, 5; 9, 102, 13), ĭi, n., = Παλάτιον, Παλλάντιον [root pa-, to protect, nourish; Sanscr. pala, shepherd; cf. Gr. αἰ-πόλος οἰο-πόλος;

  1. I. Lat. pasco], one of the seven hills of Rome, that which was first built upon, Varr. L. L. 5, § 53 Müll.; cf.: Palatium id est mons Romae, appellatus est, quod ibi pecus pascens balare consueverit, vel quod palare, id est errare, ibi pecudes solerent; alii, quod ibi Hyperborei filia Palanto habitaverit, quae ex Hercule Latinum peperit, alii eundem, quod Pallas ibi sepultus sit, aestimant appellari, Fest. p. 220 Müll.
    Augustus had his residence on the Palatine; hence, since the Aug. period,
    1. B. Transf.: pălātĭum, ii, n., a palace: palatia fulgent, Ov. A. A. 3, 119: secreta palatia matris, the temple of Cybele, Juv. 9, 23: magni palatia caeli, the palace of the sky (of the seat of Jupiter), Ov. M. 1, 176; Vulg. 3 Reg. 16, 18 et saep.
  2. II. Deriv. Pălātīnus (Pāl- or Pall-, Mart. 8, 39, 1; 9, 24, 1; 9, 79, 2; 9, 86, 7; 11, 8, 5; 13, 91, 1), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Palatium, Palatine: pastores, Varr. L. L. 5, § 54 Müll.: Evander, Verg. A. 9, 9: colles, Ov. M. 15, 560: aves, the vultures which Remus saw on the Palatium, id. F. 5, 152: Apollo, so called because he had a temple on the Palatine Hill, built by Augustus, in which also was a library founded by him, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 17; Suet. Aug. 29: dei, Mart. 5, 19, 4: ludi, which Livia caused to be celebrated in honor of Augustus, Suet. Calig. 56: colossus, the colossal statue of Nero, on the Palatium, Mart. 8, 60, 1; cf. Suet. Ner. 31; id. Vesp. 18: Palatina pars urbis, the tenth region, also called simply Palatina, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 13: Palatina tribus, one of the four city tribes: Calvu’ Palatina vir nobilis ac bonu’ bello, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 28: C. Claudius C. F. Palatina, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; Inscr. Grut. 36, 11 et saep.
    Subst.: Pălātīni,ōrum, m., the people of the Palatine Mount, Col. 1, 3, 7.
    1. B. Transf., of or belonging to the imperial palace, imperial: palatina laurus, which stood in front of the imperial palace, Ov. F. 4, 953: atriensis, Suet. Calig. 57: domus, id. Aug. 29: cubile, Juv. 6, 117: officia, offices about the court, Aur. Vict. Ep. 14 fin.; Treb. Gall. 17.
      As subst.: Pălātīnus, i, m., an officer of the palace, a chamberlain: Parthenius palatinus, Domitian’s chamberlain, Mart. 4, 45, 2; cf. id. 8, 28: Tonans, i. e. Domitian, id. 9, 40, 1.

‡ Pălātŭa, ae, f., the tutelary goddess of the Palatine, Varr. L. L. 7, § 45 Müll.
Hence,

  1. A. Pălātŭālis, e, adj., of or belonging to Palatua: flamen, Varr. L. L. 7, § 45 Müll.; cf.: Palatualis flamen constitutus est, quod in tutelā ejus deae Palatium est, Fest. p. 245 Müll.; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 45 ib. (Ann. v. 125 Vahl.).
  2. B. Pălātŭar, āris (euphon. for Palatual), n., an offering made at Rome on the Palatine, Fest. s. v. septimontium, p. 348 Müll.

pălātum, i, n., and (rarely) pălātus, i, m. [perh. from root pa-of pasco], the palate.

  1. I. Lit.: suave domini, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 7: nec enim sequitur, ut, cui cor sapiat, ei non sapiat palatus, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: quae (voluptas) palato percipiatur, id. ib. 2, 10, 29: boum dare membra palato, Ov. M. 15, 141: subtile palatum, Hor. S. 2, 8, 38: nigra subest udo tantum cui lingua palato, Verg. G. 3, 388; Ov. Am. 2, 6, 47; cf.: cum balba feris annoso verba palato, Hor. S. 2, 3, 274: torpente palato, Juv. 10, 203.
    In plur.: palata docta et erudita, Col. 8, 16, 4.
    1. B. Trop., the palate, as the organ of taste and judgment: (Epicurus) dum palato quid sit optimum judicat, Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 49: orationis condimentum, quod sentitur latente judicio velut palato, Quint. 6, 3, 19.
  2. * II. Transf. (of the form of the palate), a vault: caeli, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 38 (Enn. p. 177, n. 19 Vahl.).

pălātus, i, v. palatum init.

† pălē, ēs, f., = πάλη, a wrestling (in post-Aug. poets): unctā pale, Stat. Th. 6, 829: liquidam nodare (al. nudare) palen, id. Ach. 2, 441: jocos, palem, rudentem, Sid. Carm. 23, 302.

pălĕa, ae, f. [kindred with Sanscr. pala, stramen; cf.: pollen, pulvis, παλύνω],

  1. I. chaff, Varr. R. R. 1, 50 fin.: surgentem ad Zephyrum paleae jactantur inanes, Verg. G. 3, 134; Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 297; Col. 2, 9, 15; 6, 2, 3; 7, 3, 22 al.; Vulg. Matt. 3, 12.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Dross: palea aeris, Plin. 34, 13, 36, § 134.
    2. B. The wattles or gills of a cock, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 5; Col. 8, 2, 9.
    3. C. Straw, Vulg. Judic. 19, 19; id. Isa. 11, 7.

pălĕālis, e, adj. [palea], of or belonging to chaff: uva, preserved in chaff, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 37, 29; 3, 21, 204.

pălĕar, āris, n. [palea],

  1. I. the skin that hangs down from the neck of an ox, the dew-lap: Sen. Hippol. 1041.
          1. (β) Plur.: a collo palearibus demissis, Varr. R. R. 2, 5: palearia pendula, Ov. M. 2, 854; 7, 117: a mento palearia pendent, Verg. G. 3, 53; Col. 6, 1, 3; Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 179; Stat. Th. 3, 332.
  2. II. Transf., the throat: revocat palearibus herbas, Calp. Ecl. 3, 17.

pălĕāris, e, adj. [palea], of or belonging to chaff: arista, Venant. Vit. S. Mart. 3, 284.

pălĕārĭum, ii, n. [palea], a chaff-loft, Col. 1, 6, 9.

pălĕātus, a, um, adj. [palea], mixed with chaff: lutum, Col. 5, 6, 13; 12, 43, 1; Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 65.

Păles, is, f. (m., Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 1; Mart. Cap. 1, § 50; Arn. 3, 113), the tutelary deity of shepherds and cattle: Pales dicebatur dea pastorum, cujus festa Palilia dicebantur; vel, ut alii volunt, dicta Parilia, quod pro partu pecoris eidem sacra fiebant, Fest. p. 222 Müll.: ipsa Pales agros … reliquit, Verg. E. 5, 35: silvicolam tepido lacte precare Palem, Ov. F. 4, 746; Tib. 1, 1, 14 (36): fecunda, Calp. Ecl. 7, 22.

Pălestīnus, v. Palaestinus.

Pălīca, ae, f., a town in Sicily.
Hence, Pălīci, ōrum, m., the Palicans, Sil. 14, 219.

Pălīcānus or Pălīkānus, i, m., a Roman surname in the gens Lollia, which sprang from the Sicilian town of Palica, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 41, § 100; id. Att. 1, 1, 1; 1, 18, 5: M. Lollius Palicanus, Val. Max. 3, 8, n. 3.

1. Pălīci, ōrum (sing.: Pălīcus, i, m., Verg. A. 9, 585; Ov. P. 2, 10, 25), m., the sons of Jupiter and the nymph Thalia or Ætna; they were worshipped at Palica in Sicily, where were a temple and two lakes sacred to them, as enforcers of oaths, promoters of fertility, and as sea-gods, Macr. S. 5, 19; Serv. Verg. A. 9, 584: stagna Palicorum, Ov. M. 5, 406; Stat. Th. 12, 155.

2. Pălīci, v. Palica.

Pălīlĭa, ĭum, v. Palilis, II.

Pălīlīcĭus, a, um, adj. [Palilia], of or belonging to the Palilia, Palilian: Palilicium sidus, the Hyades, because they vanished in the evening twilight on the festival of the Palilia, Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 247.

Pălīlis, e, adj. [Pales],

  1. I. of or belonging to Pales: flamma Palilis, a fire of straw and hay, over which the rustics leaped at the feast of Pales, Ov. F. 4, 798: festa Palilia, id. M. 14, 774; Tib. 2, 5, 87.
    Also as subst.:
  2. II. Pălīlĭa, ĭum (euphon. collat. form Părīlĭa, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 9; Col. 7, 3, 11; Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 69 et saep.; cf. Prob. ad Verg. G. 3 init.; Charis. p. 43 P.; Mar. Vict. p. 2470 P.), n., the feast of Pales, the shepherd festival, celebrated on the 21st of April, the anniversary of the foundation of Rome, Varr. L. L. 6, 3, 15; Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98; cf. also Ov. F. 4, 721; Tib. 2, 5, 89: Parilia, Prop. 5, 1, 19; 5, 4, 75; Pers. 1, 72; Serv. Verg. G. 3 init.; Fest. p. 236 Müll.
    Hence, Părīlīcĭus, a, um, occurring at the time of the Parilia, Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 247.

† pălĭlŏgĭa, ae, f., = παλιλογία, the emphatic repetition of a word or idea, Mart. Cap. 5, § 533, who cites from Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3: nos, nos, dico aperte, nos consules desumus.

† pălimbacchīus, ii, m., = παλιμβακχεῖος, in prosody, i. q. antibacchius, an antibacchic, ––⏑, Quint. 9, 4, 82; Diom. pp. 461 and 476 P.

† pălimpissa, ae, f., = παλίμπισσα, pitch boiled twice, Plin. 24, 7, 24, § 40.

† pălimpsestus, i, m., = παλίμψηστος, a parchment from which the old writing has been erased for the purpose of writing upon it again, a palimpsest, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 2; Cat. 22, 5.

† pălĭnōdĭa, ae, f., = παλινῳδία, the repetition of a song.

  1. I. Lit., Amm. 18, 5, 4.
  2. II. Transf., a recantation, palinode: palinodiam canere, to recant, Macr. S. 7, 5.

Pălĭnūrus, i, m., = Παλίνουρος, the pilot of Æneas, who fell asleep at the helm and tumbled into the sea off the coast of Lucania, whence the name of the promontory near the spot (now perh. Punta dello Spartimento), Verg. A. 5, 847; 871; 6, 337; 381; Luc. 9, 42; Mel. 2, 4, 9; Hor. C. 3, 4, 28.
In a lusus verbb. with πάλιν οὐρεῖν, iterum meiere, Mart. 3, 78, 2.

* pālĭtans, antis, Part., from the obsol. palito, wandering about: quom (haec oves) eunt sic a pecu palitantes, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 4; v. Ritschl ad h. l.

pălĭūraeus, a, um, adj. [paliurus], covered with Christ’s-thorn: prata, Fulg. Myth. 1 init.

† pălĭūrus, i, m., = παλίουρος, a plant, Christ’s-thorn, Verg. E. 5, 39; cf. Plin. 24, 13, 71, § 115; 16, 30, 53, § 121; Vulg. Isa. 34, 13.

palla, ae, f. [kindred with pellis; cf. Doed. Syn. 5, p. 211],

  1. I. a long and wide upper garment of the Roman ladies, held together by brooches, a robe, mantle (cf.: stola, peplum, chlamys), Plaut. As. 5, 2, 35; id. Men. 1, 2, 21; 56; id. Truc. 5, 54; Hor. S. 1, 2, 99; id. Epod. 5, 65: pro longae tegmine pallae Tigridis exuviae per dorsum a vertice pendent, Verg. A. 11, 576: palla superba, Ov. Am. 3, 13, 26: obscura, Mart. 11, 104, 7: scissā pallā, Juv. 10, 262; cf. Becker, Gall. 3, p. 144 (2d edit.).
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. In the poets also of a garment worn by men, e. g. of the dress of a tragic actor: personae pallaeque repertor honestae Aeschylus, Hor. A. P. 278; Ov. Am. 2, 18, 15; 3, 1, 12; of the cithara-player Arion, id. F. 2, 107; of Phœbus, id. M. 11, 166; id. Am. 1, 8, 59; Tib. 3, 4, 35; of Boreas, Ov. M. 6, 705; of Mercury, Stat. Th. 7, 39; of Osiris, Tib. 1, 8, 47; of Bacchus, Stat. Ach. 1, 262; of Jason, Val. Fl. 3, 718.
    2. B. An under-garment: citharoedus palla inaurata indutus, Auct. Her. 4, 47, 60: pallamque induta rigentem insuper aurato circumvelatur amictu, Ov. M. 14, 262; Val. Fl. 3, 525: Gallica, Mart. 1, 93, 8; Stat. Th. 7, 39; App. Flor. 15.
    3. C. A curtain: περιπέτασμα, velum, palla, Gloss. Philox.: cum inter dicentes et audientem palla interesset, Sen. Ira, 3, 22, 2.

† pallăca, ae, f., = παλλακή, a concubine (pure Lat. paelex), Suet. Vesp. 21; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 86.

pallăcāna, ae, f., a kind of onion, a leek, also called gethyum, Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 105.

Pallădĭum, ii, v. 1. Pallas, II. B.

1. Pallădĭus, a, um, v. 1. Pallas, II. A.

2. Pallădĭus, ii, m., a Roman surname. So, Palladius Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus, probably a Roman by birth, who lived in the fourth century of the Christian era, the author of a work on agriculture, in fourteen books.

Pallantēum, i, v. 2. Pallas, II. A. 2.

Pallantēus, a, um, v. 2. Pallas, II. A.

Pallantĭas, ădis, v. 2. Pallas, II. B.

Pallantis, ĭdis and ĭdos, v. 2. Pallas, II. C.

Pallantĭus, a, um, v. 2. Pallas, II. D.

‡ pallāris, e, adj. [palla], of or belonging to the palla: palla, pallaris, Not. Tir. p. 157.

1. Pallăs, ădis and ădos, f., = Παλλάς.

    1. A. Surname of the Greek goddess Athene, and hence of the corresponding Minerva of the Romans, the goddess of war and wisdom; the inventress of working in wool, and of the cultivation of the olive, on which account the olive-tree was sacred to her: Pallas Minerva est dicta, quod Pallantem Gigantem interfecerit, vel, sicut putabant, quod in Pallante palude nata est, Fest. p. 220 Müll.: Pallas . . . Proeliis audax, Hor. C. 1, 12, 20; Ov. M. 5, 263: Palladis ales, the owl, Ov. F. 2, 89: Pallados arbor, the olive-tree, id. A. A. 2, 518; cf.: rami Palladis, Verg. A. 7, 154: iratā Pallade, i. q. invitā Minervā, Ov. F. 3, 826.
    2. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Oil: infusā Pallade, Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 4: pinguis, id. H. 19, 44.
      2. 2. The olive-tree: dat quoque baciferam Pallada rarus ager, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 8.
      3. 3. The Palladium: Helenum raptā cum Pallade captum, Ov. M. 13, 99: Pallade conspectā, id. Tr. 2, 293.
      4. 4. The number seven, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; Mart. Cap. 7, § 738.
      5. 5. For Vesta, because the Palladium stood in the temple of Vesta: Pallados ignes, Prop 4 (5), 4, 45.
  1. II. Deriv.
    1. A. Pallădĭus, a, um, adj., = Παλλάδιος, of or belonging to Pallas, Palladian: numen Palladium, i. e. Pallas, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 12: aegis, of Pallas, Luc. 7, 570: Palladiā gaudent silvā vivacis olivae, Verg. G. 2, 181; latices, oil, Ov. M. 8, 275: corona, an olive-wreath, id. A. A. 1, 727: arx, Troy, Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 42: arces, Athens, Ov. M. 7, 399: honores, shown to Pallas, id. H. 17, 133: pinus, the Argo, because built under Minerva’s direction, Val. Fl. 1, 475: metus, inspired by Pallas, id. 6, 408: forum, the Roman forum, because there stood a temple of Minerva, Mart. 1, 3, 8: Palladia Alba, because Domitian caused the Quinquatria in honor of Pallas to be annually celebrated there, id. 5, 1, 1; cf. Suet. Dom. 4: Palladia Tolosa, because the sciences flourished there, Mart. 9, 100, 3: manus, i. e. skilful, Stat. S. 1, 1, 5: ars, Mart. 6, 13, 2: lotos, the flute, id. 8, 51, 14.
    2. B. Subst.: Pallădĭum, ii, n., the image or statue of Pallas, which, in the reign of Ilus, fell from heaven at Troy, and during the Trojan war was carried off by Ulysses and Diomed, because the fate of the city depended on the possession of this image. It afterwards came from Greece to Rome, where Metellus saved it from the temple of Vesta when the latter was burned down, Verg. A. 2, 166; Sil. 9, 531; Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 29; Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 227; Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24; id. Scaur. 2, 48; Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 141; cf. Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 1 sq.; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 31.

2. Pallas, antis (voc. Pallā, Verg. A. 10, 411 al.; also Pallas and Pallan, acc. to Prisc. p. 702), m., = Πάλλας,

  1. I. the name of several mythic and historical personages.
    1. A. Son of Pandion, the father of the fifth Minerva, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; Ov. M. 7, 500.
    2. B. A king of Arcadia, the great-grandfather of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 54 Serv.
    3. C. Son of Evander, Verg. A. 8, 104.
    4. D. One of the giants, Claud. Gigant. 94; Fest. s. v Pallas, p. 220.
    5. E. A freedman of the emperor Claudius, proverbial for his wealth; slain by Nero, Plin. Ep. 7, 29; 8, 6; Tac. A. 12, 53; Juv. 1, 109; Plin. 33, 10, 47, § 134.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Pallantēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas (the ancestor of Evander), Pallantian: moenia Pallantea, i. e. of the city of Pallanteum, in Italy (v. in the foll.), Verg. A. 9, 196 and 241: apex, of the Palatine, Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 644.
      1. 2. Subst.: Pallantēum, i, n.
        1. a. A city in Arcadia, the residence of Pallas, Liv. 1, 5 init.; Just. 43, 1.
        2. b. The city founded by Evander in Italy, on the site where Rome afterwards stood, Verg. A. 8, 54; 341.
    2. B. Pallantĭăs, ădis, f., Aurora, so called because descended from Hyperion, the uncle of the giant Pallas, Ov. F. 4, 373; id. M. 9, 420.
    3. C. Pallantis, ĭdos and ĭdis, f., Aurora (v. Pallantias, supra), Ov. M 15, 700.
      Transf., the day, Ov. F. 6, 567.
    4. D. Pallantĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallas, Pallantian: Pallantius heros, i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 647.

Pallātīnus, v. Palatinus.

Pallēnē, ēs, f., = Παλλήνη, a peninsula and town of Macedonia, on the Thermaic Gulf, also called Phlegra, where the battle between the gods and the giants took place, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 36; Ov. M. 15, 356; Val. Fl. 2, 17; Sen. Herc. Fur. 979.
Hence,

  1. A. Pallēnaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pallene, Luc. 7, 150: triumphi, Stat. S. 4, 2, 56.
  2. B. Pallēnensis, e, adj., Pallenian: ager, Liv. 44, 10: isthmus, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 36.

pallens, entis, Part. and P. a., from palleo.

pallĕo, ui, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. palitas, gray; Gr. πελλός, πελιδνός, πολιός; cf. pullus], to be or look pale.

  1. I. Lit.: sudat, pallet, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 84: pallent amisso sanguine venae, Ov. M. 2, 824: metu sceleris futuri, id. ib. 8, 465: timore, id. F. 2, 468: mea rugosa pallebunt ora senectā, Tib. 3, 5, 25; morbo, Juv. 2, 50: fame, Mart. 3, 38, 12.
    Esp. of lovers: palleat omnis amans; hic est color aptus amanti, must look pale, Ov. A. A. 1, 729; Prop. 1, 9, 17.
    Also through indolence, Mart. 3, 58, 24.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. To be or look sallow, or yellow: saxum quoque palluit auro, Ov. M. 11, 110: arca palleat nummis, Mart. 8, 44, 10; id. 9, 55, 1; so, to become turbid: Tagus auriferis pallet turbatus arenis, Sil. 16, 561.
      2. 2. To lose its natural color, to change color, to fade: et numquam Herculeo numine pallet ebur, always remains white, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 82: sidera pallent, Stat. Th. 12, 406: ne vitio caeli palleat aegra seges, Ov. F. 1, 688: pallet nostris Aurora venenis, id. M. 7, 209: pallere diem, Luc 7, 177
          1. (β) With acc.: multos pallere colores, to change color often, Prop. 1, 15, 39.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To grow pale, be sick with desire, to long for, eagerly desire any thing: ambitione malā aut argenti pallet amore, Hor. S. 2, 3, 78: nummo, Pers. 4, 47.
    2. B. To grow pale at any thing, to be anxious or fearful.
      With dat.: pueris, i. e. on account of, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7: ad omnia fulgura, Juv. 13, 223: Marco sub judice palles? Pers. 5, 8.
          1. (β) With acc.: scatentem Belluis pontum, Hor. C. 3, 27, 26: fraternos ictus, Petr. 122; Pers. 5, 184.
    3. C. To grow pale by excessive application to a thing: iratum Eupoliden praegrandi cum sene palles, read yourself pale over Eupolis, Pers. 1, 124: nunc utile multis Pallere, i. e. studere, Juv. 7, 96: vigilandum, nitendum, pallendum est, of close study, Quint. 7, 10, 14.
      Hence, pallens, entis, P. a., pale, wan (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    1. A. Lit.: simulacra modis pallentia miris, Lucr. 1, 123: umbrae Erebi, Verg. A. 4, 26: animae, id. ib. 4, 242: regna, of the Lower World, Sil. 13, 408; cf. undae, i. e. the Styx, the Cocytus, Tib. 3, 5, 21: persona, Juv. 3, 175: pallens morte futurā, Verg. A. 8, 709: pallentes terrore puellae, Ov. A. A. 3, 487.
      1. 2. Transf.
        1. a. Of a faint or pale color, pale-colored, greenish, yellowish, darkcolored: pallentes violae, Verg. E. 2, 47: arva, Ov. M. 11, 145: gemmā e viridi pallens, Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 110: hedera, Verg. E. 3, 39: herbae, id. ib. 6, 54: lupini, Ov. Med. Fac. 69: faba, Mart. 5, 78, 10: sol jungere pallentes equos, Tib. 2, 5, 76: toga, Mart. 9, 58, 8.
        2. b. Poet., that makes pale: morbi, Verg. A. 6, 275: philtra, Ov. A. A. 2, 105: curae, Mart. 11, 6, 6: oscula, Val. Fl. 4, 701.
    2. B. Trop., pale, weak, bad: fama, pale, Tac. Or. 13 fin.: mores, bad, vicious, Pers. 5, 15.

pallesco, pallăi, 3, v. inch. n. [palleo], to grow or turn pale.

  1. I. Lit.: ut qui timent sanguine ex ore decedente pallescant, Gell. 19, 4, 4: pallescere curis, Prop. 1, 13, 7: nullā pallescere culpā, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 61: pallescet super his, will turn pale with emotion, id. A. P. 429: umbraticā vitā pallescere, Quint. 1, 2, 18; 12, 10, 76.
  2. II. Transf., to turn pale, sallow: pallescunt frondes, wither, fade, Ov. A. A. 3, 704: viso pallescit flamma veneno, Val. Fl. 7, 586; Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 66.

pallĭastrum, i, n. [pallium], a ragged, sorry mantle, App. M. 1, p. 104, 28; id. Flor. p. 350.

pallĭātus, a, um, adj. [pallium], dressed in a pallium, cloaked, usually said of Greeks.

  1. I. Lit.: isti Graeci palliati, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3,9: Graeculus judex modo palliatus, modo togatus, Cic. Phil. 5, 5, 14; Suet. Caes. 48: Pythagoras, Val. Max. 2, 6, 10: palliata signa Phidiae, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54: illi palliati topiariam facere videantur, i. e. Grecian statues, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5: fabulae palliatae, comedies in which Greek characters were introduced in the Greek dress (opp. the fabulae togatae, in which Roman manners and dresses predominated), Varr. ap. Diom. 4, p. 487 P.; Don. Fragm. ante Comm. in Ter.
  2. II. Trop., covered, protected, Val. Max. 3, 8, 3.

pallĭdŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [pallidus], palish, somewhat pale, Cat. 65, 6; Juv. 10, 82.

pallĭdus, a, um, adj. [palleo], pale, pallid (cf.: lividus, luridus).

  1. I. Lit.: vides ut pallidus omnis Cenā desurgat dubiā, Hor. S. 2, 2, 76: ora buxo Pallidiora, Ov. M. 4, 134; Prop. 5, 5, 72: Asturii scrutator pallidus auri, Luc. 4, 298; id. 1, 618: recto vultu et pallidus, i. e. well or sick, Juv. 10, 189: oriens, Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 342: stellae, quae sunt omnium pallidissimae, id. 2, 25, 22, § 89.
    Esp. of the Lower World: pallida turba, Tib. 1, 10, 38: ditis profundi Pallida regna, Luc. 1, 456: pallida Leti loca, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 109 Vahl.): equus, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 8.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. That makes pale, pallid: pallida mors, Hor. C. 1, 4, 13: vina, Prop. 5, 7, 36: aconita, Luc. 4, 322.
      2. 2. Musty, mouldy: vetustate ficus fit pallidior, Varr. R. R. 1, 67.
      3. 3. Livid: hospes inauratā pallidior statuā, Cat. 81, 4.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Pale with love, in love, Prop. 4, 7, 28: pallidus in lentā Naïde Daphnis erat, Ov. A. A. 1, 732; id. Am. 3, 6, 25.
    2. B. Pale with fright, affrighted, Ov. H. 12, 97; 1, 14.

pallĭŏlātim, adv. [pallium], dressed in a mantle very rare): palliolatim amictus, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 29: saltare, Front. Orat. 1 Mai.

pallĭŏlātus, a, um, adj. [palliolum], covered with a cloak-cape or hood: palliolatus novo more praesedit, Suet. Claud. 2; Mart. 9, 33, 1: tunicae palliolatae, hooded mantles, Vop. Bonos. 15; cf. Dig. 34, 2, 39.

pallĭŏlum, i, n. dim. [pallium].

  1. I. Lit., a small Greek mantle or cloak: saepe est etiam sub palliolo sordido sapientia, Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56: palliolum in collum conice, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 10: ferrugineum, id. Mil. 4, 4, 42; Mart. 11, 27, 8: opertus palliolo, App. M. 1, p. 111; Mart. 11, 27, 8; Juv. 3, 95.
  2. II. Transf., a covering for the head, a hood: palliolum, sicut fascias et focalia et aurium ligamenta, sola excusare potest valetudo, Quint. 11, 3, 144; Ov. A. A. 1, 734; Sen. Q. N. 4, 13, 9.

pallium, i, n., a covering, cover [cf. palla].

  1. I. In gen.
        1. a. A coverlet: et gravius justo pallia pondus habent, Ov. H. 21, 170: onerosa pallia jactat, Juv. 6, 236: tunc queror in toto non sidere pallia lecto, Prop. 5, 3, 31; Suet. Ner. 84.
        2. b. A pall: arrepto pallio retexi corpora, App. M. 3, p. 133, 23; id. Flor. p. 342, 27.
        3. c. A curtain: quae festis suspendam pallia portis? Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 726.
  2. II. In partic., a Greek cloak or mantle, esp. as the dress of the Grecian philosophers. The Romans were accustomed to wear it only when they resided among Greeks. It was also the dress of the hetaerae, both Greek and Roman, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 93; Ov. Am. 1, 4, 50; id. A. A. 1, 153: pallium in collum conicere (as was customary with persons about to exert themselves), id. Capt. 4, 1, 12: soleas mihi late: pallium inice in me huc, id. Truc. 2, 5, 26; id. Capt. 4, 2, 8: umerum pallio onerare, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4: cum iste cum pallio purpureo talarique tunicā versaretur in conviviis muliebribus, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 31: consularis homo soccos habuit et pallium, id. Rab. Post. 10, 27: amica corpus ejus texit suo pallio, id. Div. 2, 69, 143: cum pallio et crepidis inambulare in gymnasio, Liv. 29, 19: togam veteres ad calceos usque demittebant ut Graeci pallium, Quint. 11, 3, 143.
    Fig.: solos esse Atticos credunt quādam eloquentiae frugalitate contentos, ac semper manum intra pallium continentis, speaking with calmness and reserve, Quint. 12, 10, 21; cf. id. 11, 3, 138.
    Plur. for sing., Ov. A. A. 1, 153.
    Prov.: tunica propior pallio est, the shirt is nearer than the coat, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 30: a togā ad pallium, of sinking from a high to a lower rank, Tert. Pall. 5.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. The toga, and, in gen., an upper garment of any kind, Mart. 3, 63, 10; 8, 59, 9; 11, 16, 5; 11, 23, 12.
      2. 2. Since the pallium was the philosopher’s cloak, a philosophic career or habit: ad pallium reverti, Amm. 25, 4, 4.

pallor, ōris, m. [palleo], pale color, paleness, wanness, pallor.

  1. I. Lit.: pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor et tremor consequitur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19: albus ora pallor inficit, Hor. Epod. 7, 15: luteus, id. ib. 10, 16; id. S. 2, 8, 35; 2, 18, 25: partemque coloris Luridus exsangues pallor convertit in herbas, Ov. M. 4, 267; cf.: gelidus pallor, id. Tr. 1, 4, 11: confuderat oris exsanguis notas pallor, Curt. 8, 3, 13: pallor ora occupat, Verg. A. 4, 499: femineus pallor in corpore, Plin. Pan. 48, 4: Aurorae, Stat. Th. 2, 334.
    Esp. of lovers: tinctus violā pallor amantium, Hor. C. 3, 10, 14; cf. Ov. M. 8, 790; Prop. 1, 5, 21.
    Of the Lower World: pallor hiemsque tenent late loca senta, Ov. M. 4, 436; Luc. 5, 628.
    Plur.: quae palloribus omnia pingunt, Lucr. 4, 336: tot hominum pallores, the paleness of death, Tac. Agr. 45, 3.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Mustiness, mouldiness: pallor, tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 26: venti umidi pallore volumina (bibliothecarum) corrumpunt, Vitr. 6, 7: ne (dolia) pallorem capiant, Col. 12, 50, 16; 12, 41, 4.
      2. 2. A disagreeable color or shape, unsightliness: palloribus omnia pingunt, Lucr. 4, 311: pallorem ducere, Ov. M. 8, 759: obscurus solis, in an eclipse, Luc. 7, 200; Plin. 2, 30, 30, § 98.
  2. II. Trop., alarm, terror: palla pallorem incutit, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 46: hic tibi pallori, Cynthia, versus erit, Prop. 2, 5, 30: quantus pro conjuge pallor, Stat. S. 5, 1, 70: notare aliquem pallore, Luc. 8, 55.
    Hence,
    1. B. Pallor, personified as the god of fear, Liv. 1, 27, 7; Lact. 1, 20, 11.

pallŭla, ae, f. dim. [palla], a little cloak or mantle: conscissa pallula est, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 32; 2, 2, 16; 2, 6, 55.

† 1. palma, ae [παλάμη; Sanscr. phal, to open], f., the palm of the hand.

  1. I. Lit., Cic. Or. 32, 113; Cels. 8, 18: cavis undam de flumine palmis Sustulit, Verg. A. 8, 69: aliquem palmā concutere, Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 7: faciem contundere palmā, Juv. 13, 128: os hominis liberi manus suae palmā verberare, Laber. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 13.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. (Pars pro toto.) The hand: compressan’ palma an porrecta ferio? Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53: palmarum intentus, Cic. Sest. 55, 117: passis palmis salutem petere, Caes. B. C. 3, 98: teneras arcebant vincula palmas, Verg. A. 2, 406: duplices tendens ad sidera palmas, id. ib. 1, 93: amplexus tremulis altaria palmis, Ov. M. 5, 103; Val. Fl. 8, 44.
    2. B. The sole of a goose’s foot: palmas pedum anseris torrere, Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 52.
    3. C. The broad end or blade of an oar: palmarum pulsus, Laber. ap. Non. 151, 27: caerula verrentes abiegnis aequora palmis, Cat. 64, 7; Vitr. 10, 8.
    4. D. A palm-tree, a palm, φοῖνιξ: ab ejus summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur, Caes. B. G. 6, 26; Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 39: in palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum, id. 13, 11, 21, § 69; 16, 42, 81, § 223; Gell. 3, 6, 2: arbor palmae, Suet. Aug. 94: ardua, Verg. G. 2, 67: viridis, Ov. A. A. 2, 3: arbusto palmarum dives Idume, Luc. 3, 216.
      Sing. collect.: umbrosa, Juv. 15, 76.
      Hence,
      1. 2. Transf.
        1. a. The fruit of the palm-tree, a date (poet.): quid vult palma sibi rugosaque carica, Ov. F. 1, 185; Pers. 6, 39.
        2. b. A palm-branch, e. g. which was suspended in wine to make it sweeter, Cato, R. R. 113; Col. 12, 20, 5.
        3. c. Hence, also, a broom made of palm-twigs: ten’ lapides varios lutulentā radere palmā, Hor. S. 2, 4, 83 (pro scopis ex palmā confectis, Schol.); Mart. 14, 82.
        4. d. A palm-branch or palm-wreath, as a token of victory: eodem anno (461 A.U.C.) … palmae primum, translato e Graeciā more, victoribus datae, Liv. 10, 47; cf.: more victorum cum palmā discucurrit, Suet. Calig. 32: IMP. CAES. EX SICILIA EID. NOV. TRIVMPHAVIT, PALMAM DEDIT, dedicated to Jupiter, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 607; so very frequently: palmam dare, Tabulae Fastorum Triumph., v. Bullet. Instit. Archaeol. 1861, p. 91; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 2, 4; hence,
        5. e. Transf., a token or badge of victory, the palm or prize; and still more gen., victory, honor, glory, pre-eminence: antehac est habitus parcus … is nunc in aliam partem palmam possidet, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 32: plurimarum palmarum gladiator, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17: cum palmam jam primus acceperit, id. Brut. 47, 173: quos Elea domum reducit Palma caelestes, Hor. C. 4, 2, 17: quam palmam utinam di immortales tibi reservent, Cic. Sen. 6, 19: docto oratori palma danda est, id. de Or. 3, 35, 143; id. Att. 4, 15, 6; id. Phil. 11, 5, 11: alicujus rei palmam alicui deferre, id. de Or. 2, 56, 227; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 1: palmā donare aliquem, Ov. A. A. 2, 3: arbiter pugnae posuisse nudo Sub pede palmam Fertur, Hor. C. 3, 20, 11.
          Of things: Siculum mel fert palmam, bears away the palm, has the preference, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14.
        6. f. Hence, in gen., the topmost twig or branch of any tree: quae cujusque stipitis palma sit, Liv. 33, 5, 10; cf. Curt. 4, 3, 10 (Mütz.)
        7. g. Poet., of the victor himself: post Helymus subit et jam tertia palma Diores, Verg. A. 5, 339; Sil. 16, 504, 574.
        8. h. Of horses: Eliadum palmae equarum, Verg. G. 1, 59.
        9. k. Also, of one about to be conquered, and who is to become the prize of the victor: ultima restabat fusis jam palma duobus Virbius, Sil. 4, 392.
    5. E. A branch on a tree, esp. on a vine, = palmes, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3; Col. 3, 17, 4; 4, 15, 3; 4, 24, 12 sq.
  3. F. The fruit of an Egyptian tree, Plin. 12, 22, 47, § 103.
  4. G. An aromatic plant growing in Africa and Syria, Plin. 12, 28, 62, § 134 (= elate).
  5. H. A marine plant, Plin. 13, 25, 49, § 138.
  6. K. A town in the Balearic islands, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 77.

2. palma, ae, a collat. form for parma, v. parma init.

palmāris, e, adj. [1. palma].

  1. I. A hand’s-breadth, or palm, in length, width, etc.: virgulae, Varr. R. R. 1, 35: spatia, Col. 8, 3; 11, 3: scrobes, Pall. 3, 24: palmarem in minutiem contrahi, Arn. 6, 204.
  2. II. Of palms, full of palms, palm-: lucus, Amm. 24, 4, 7.
    1. B. Trop., that merits the palm or prize, excellent (class.): statua, Cic. Phil. 6, 5, 15: sententia, id. N. D. 1, 8, 20: dea, the goddess of victory, because she is represented with a palm-branch, App. M. 2, p. 116, 2.

palmārĭus, a, um, adj. [1. palma],

  1. I. of or belonging to palms: Insula Palmaria, the Isle of Palms in the Tyrrhenian Sea, now Palmarola, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 7; Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81.
  2. II. Transf., subst.: palmārĭ-um, ii, n.
    1. * A. That which deserves the prize, a masterpiece: id vero est, quod ego mihi puto palmarium, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 8.
    2. B. The fee of a successful advocate, Dig. 50, 13, 1, § 12; cf. palmarium, ἀξιόνικον, Gloss. Philox.

† palmătĭas, ae, m., = παλματίας, a slight earthquake, App. de Mundo, p. 65, 20.

palmātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from palmo.

palmensis, e, adj. [1. palma], made from palms: vina, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 67.

palmĕs, ĭtis, m. [1. palma, II. E.], a young branch or shoot of a vine, a vinesprig, vine-sprout (syn. pampinus).

  1. I. Lit.: palmites vitium sarmenta appellantur, quod in modum palmarum humanarum virgulas quasi digitos edunt, Fest. p. 222 Müll.: palmitum duo genera sunt, alterum pampinarium, alterum fructuarium, Col. 5, 6, 26 sq.; id. 3, 10, 14; 4, 22, 10; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175; 14, 1, 3, § 10: jam laeto turgent in palmite gemmae, Verg. E. 7, 48: stratus humi palmes, Juv. 8, 78; Ov. F. 1, 152: ego sum vitis, vos palmites, Vulg. Johan. 15, 5.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A vine; a vineyard: Icario nemorosus palmite Gaurus, Stat. S. 3, 1, 147; Mart. 8, 40, 1.
    2. B. In gen., a bough, branch: crudus arboris, Luc. 4, 317: palmites arborum, Curt. 4, 3, 10 (where Mützell reads palmas); Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 30: opaco palmite bacae, Claud. Nupt. Hon. 217.

palmētum, i, n. [1. palma], a palmgrove, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 184: Hiericus palmetis consita, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70; cf. Tac. H. 5, 6.
In sing., Just. 36, 3, 4.

palmĕus, a, um, adj. [1. palma].

  1. I. A hand’sbreadth, or palm, in length, width, etc.: orchis herba, caule palmeo, etc., Plin. 26, 10, 62, § 95.
  2. II. Of or made of palms, palm-: tabulae, Vitr. 10, 20: tegetes, Col. 5, 15: vinum, Plin. 12, 17, 40, § 79: sporta, Pall. 3, 27.

palmĭcĕus and palmĭcĭus, a, um, adj. [1. palma], of or made of palms, palm-: palmicea sporta, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 11 and 14.

palmĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [1. palmafero], palm-bearing, abounding in palms, palmiferous: Memphin palmiferamque Pharon, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 8: Thebae, Prop. 5, 5, 25: Idume, Sil. 3, 600; cf.: palmiferos Arabas, Ov. M. 10, 478.

palmĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [1. palmagero], palm-bearing, holding a palm-branch: Nemea, Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27.

palmĭpĕdālis, e, adj. [palmipes], a foot and a palm in height, breadth, etc.: limen altum palmipedale, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14: malleolus, Col. 3, 19, 1: cardines, Vitr. 10, 20.

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