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palmus

palmus · m

the palm

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Where it lives

De agri cultura 3 · 1.92/10k
De Architectura 9 · 1.56/10k
Naturalis Historia 31 · 0.78/10k
Orator 1 · 0.54/10k
Aeneid 2 · 0.32/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

palmus — Lewis & Short

palmus, i, m.1. palma,

I the palm of the hand.

I Lit.: manūs palmum, Vitr. 2, 3: Graeci antiqui doron palmum vocabant: et ideo dora munera, quia manu darentur, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 171.—

II Transf., as a measure of length, a span, or twelve digits, Varr. R. R. 3, 7: amomum frutex myrtuosus, palmi altitudine, Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48: minor, a smaller measure, a palm, or four digits, acc. to Vitr. 3, 1, 5.

In the wild

palmus Vitruvius, De Architectura 3.1.8
palmi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 24.15.p8
palmum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 26.8.p17
palmorum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.4
palmi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 21.29
palmorum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.10.p1

6 of 48 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. palmus (scan p. 501; entry #8130).

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