palatum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably 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

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).

singular plural
nominative palātum palāta
genitive palātī palātōrum
dative palātō palātīs
accusative palātum palāta
ablative palātō palātīs
vocative palātum palāta

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants
  • → Albanian: pëllas
  • → Friulian: palât
  • → Italian: palato
  • → Piedmontese: palat, palà
  • → Portuguese: palato
  • → Romanian: păraț
  • Venetan: palà, pałà
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: palātium

References

  1. ^ 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

Further reading

  • “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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