The corpus record — Latin

pala

pala · f

a spade

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Where it lives

Domitianus 2 · 5.81/10k
Timaeus 1 · 2.37/10k
Miles Gloriosus 2 · 1.58/10k
Pro L. Cornelio Balbo 1 · 1.47/10k
Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
Pro M. Caelio 1 · 1.18/10k
Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.81/10k
Pro P. Sestio 1 · 0.6/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 2 1 · 0.56/10k
Orator 1 · 0.54/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 3 1 · 0.5/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. pāla — Lewis & Short

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

I a spade.

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.—

II Transf.

A A peel for putting bread into the oven, Cato, R. R. 11 fin.—

B A winnowing-shovel, Tert. Praescr. 3; so Juvenc. 1, 371.—

C The bezel of a ring = funda: palam anuli ad palmam convertere, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38.—

D The shoulder-blade, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 35; id. Tard. 3, 2.—

E An Indian tree, the plantain-tree: Musa Paradisiaca, Linn.; Plin. 12, 6, 12, § 24.

2. pala — Walde–Hofmann

pala(lep.) 1446,11 236 -pe (lep.) II 401 Kovaógovia (lig.?) II 401 Keltisch Altkeltisch -dürom I 385 velyanu (rät.) H 826 venia (lep.) 7118 vinom (lep.) II 795 velva (rüt.) 11278 *gabr- I 854 Gallisch und Altbritisch Reihenfolge des Alphabets wie im Lateinischen: ,w=u; k,x — 6; ch, z, yx vor Konsonant (außer s) = c; xov vor Vokal= qu. Gallisch acaunum 15, 7 Axrotalus 17 ad- I 11, 843 Aedui I 15 Aesus I 419 Agaunus … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. pala, p. 1883]

In the wild

palamque Cicero, Timaeus 40
palae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.18.p3
palae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 12.6.p1
palamque Cicero, Philippicae 2.7
palamque Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.37.p32
palamque Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.29.p3

6 of 35 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. pala (scan p. 499; entry #8099).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. pala (scan pp. 1883-1884; entry #4089). Root candidates: *gabr-, *aratro-.

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