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Palus
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Pa′lus
,Noun.
pl.
Pali
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. [L., a stake.]
(Zool.)
One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.
Definition 2024
palus
palus
English
Noun
palus (plural pali)
- (marine biology) A vertical pillar along the inner septal margin of a coral.
Derived terms
- palar
- paliform
Etymology 2
From Latin palūs (“marsh, swamp”).
Noun
palus (plural paludes)
- (planetology) A small plain (compared to mare) on the surface of a planet or satellite.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *palūd, from Proto-Indo-European *pelHk-iH-h₂, related to Latvian pelce (“puddle”), Lithuanian pelkė (“marsh”), Sanskrit पल्वल (palvala, “pool, pond”), and possibly Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós, “mud, earth, clay”).
Alternative forms
- *padule (Vulgar Latin)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.luːs/, [ˈpa.ɫuːs]
Noun
palūs f (genitive palūdis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | palūs | palūdēs |
| genitive | palūdis | palūdum |
| dative | palūdī | palūdibus |
| accusative | palūdem | palūdēs |
| ablative | palūde | palūdibus |
| vocative | palūs | palūdēs |
Derived terms
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Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. See related terms.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpaː.lus/, [ˈpaː.ɫʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.lus/, [ˈpaː.lus]
Noun
pālus m (genitive pāli); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pālus | pālī |
| genitive | pālī | pālōrum |
| dative | pālō | pālīs |
| accusative | pālum | pālōs |
| ablative | pālō | pālīs |
| vocative | pāle | pālī |
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Descendants
References
- palus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PALUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “palus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to bind to the stake: ad palum deligare (Liv. 2. 5)
- to bind to the stake: ad palum deligare (Liv. 2. 5)
- palus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- palus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin