Latin

Noun

palmula f ‎(genitive palmulae); first declension

1. diminutive of palma
2. the palm of the hand
3. (by extension) the fruit of the palm tree; date
4. (figuratively) blade of an oar
5. (figuratively) the wing of a bird

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (palm of the hand): palma
• (date): palma
• (oar): palma, rēmus
• (wing of a bird): āla

Derived terms

• palmulāris

Related terms

References

• palmula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palmula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PALMULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “palmula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• palmula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers