The corpus record — Latin

palmula

palmula · f

the palm of the hand

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Where it lives

Carmina 2 · 1.55/10k
Metamorphoses 8 · 1.5/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
De Medicina 8 · 0.78/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

palmŭla — Lewis & Short

palmŭla, ae, f.dim.id.,

I the palm of the hand.

I Lit., Varr. ap. Non.-372, 29: saevientes, App. M. 8, p. 105, 17; 3, p. 138, 27.—

II Transf.

A The blade of an oar, an oar: palmulae appellantur remi a similitudine manūs humanae, Fest. p. 220 Müll.; Verg. A. 5, 163.—

2 The wing of a bird: color psittaco viridis et intimis plumulis et extimis palmulis (al. parmulis), App. Flor. p. 348, 31. —

B The fruit of the palm-tree, a date, Varr. R. R. 1, 67; 2, 1, 27; Cels. 2, 20; Suet. Aug. 76; Claud. 8.

In the wild

palmulae Celsus, De Medicina 5.22.p9
palmula Vergil, Aeneid 5.163
palmulis Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.1
palmulas Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 6.300
palmulas Suetonius, Divus Augustus 76.1
palmulas Celsus, De Medicina 1.2.p5

6 of 28 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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