English

Noun

palmus ‎(uncountable)

1. (medicine, obsolete) A rhythmic tic or throb, such as a convulsion or the heartbeat.

Latin

Alternative forms

• palma

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂m- ‎(“palm of the hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.mus/, [ˈpaɫ.mʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.mus/

Noun

palmus m ‎(genitive palmī); second declension

1. palm (of the hand)
2. palmspan (measure of length equivalent to a palm’s breadth)

Declension

Second declension.

References

• palmus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PALMUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “palmus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• palmus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• palmus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin