Latin

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Etymology

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From palma (hand, palm of the hand; palm tree) +‎ -āris.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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palmāris (neuter palmāre); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Measuring the length, width or breadth of a hand or palm.
  2. Full of palms.
  3. That deserves the palmary or prize, superior, excellent.

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative palmāris palmāre palmārēs palmāria
genitive palmāris palmārium
dative palmārī palmāribus
accusative palmārem palmāre palmārēs
palmārīs
palmāria
ablative palmārī palmāribus
vocative palmāris palmāre palmārēs palmāria

Synonyms

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  • (measuring the length, width or breadth of a hand or palm): palmeus
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Descendants

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  • French: palmarès
  • Italian: palmare
  • Spanish: palmar

References

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  • palmaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palmaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "palmaris", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • palmaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.