palatum
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-os, from *pleh₂- (“flat, wide”).[1] Perhaps connected to Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌃𐌖𐌌 (faladum, “sky”), according to Michael L. Weiss. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /paˈlaː.tum/, [päˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈla.tum/, [päˈläːt̪um]
Noun
editpalātum n (genitive palātī); second declension
- (literally, anatomy) palate (roof of the mouth)
- (transferred sense) something resembling the palate; vault
Inflection
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | palātum | palāta |
Genitive | palātī | palātōrum |
Dative | palātō | palātīs |
Accusative | palātum | palāta |
Ablative | palātō | palātīs |
Vocative | palātum | palāta |
Derived terms
edit- palātīnus (adjective)
- *palātāris
Descendants
editDescendants
References
edit- “palatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “palatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- palatum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “palātum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 440