Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lam/, [ˈpa.lã]

Adverb

palam ‎(not comparable)

1. without concealment, openly, publicly, undisguisedly, plainly, unambiguously

Derived terms

• prōpalam

Preposition

palam + ablative

1. openly in the presence of someone, openly before someone

Etymology 2

Inflection form of pāla ‎(“shovel, spade”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.lam/, [ˈpaː.lã]

Noun

pālam

1. accusative singular of pāla

References

• palam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “palam”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things): foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare