palatum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps connected to 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌃𐌖𐌌 (faladum, “sky”). (Etymology due to Michael L. Weiss).

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Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /paˈlaː.tum/, [päˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈla.tum/, [päˈläːt̪um]

Noun

palātum n (genitive palātī); second declension

  1. (literally, anatomy) palate (roof of the mouth)
    1. palate (organ of taste and judgment)
  2. (transferred sense) something resembling the palate; vault

Inflection

Second-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

Descendants
Descendants of palatum in other languages
  • → Albanian: pëllas
  • → Friulian: palât
  • → Italian: palato
  • → Piedmontese: palat, palà
  • → Portuguese: palato
  • → Romanian: păraț
  • Venetian: palà, pałà
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: palātium
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: palātāre

References
  • “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
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