palm
palm
subs.
Palm of the hand: P. θέναρ, τό (Aristotle).
Palm tree: P. φοῖνιξ, ὁ or ἡ (Xen.).
Palm of victory: use P. and V. ἀ̆ριστεῖα, τά, στέφᾰνος, ὁ, or use victory alone.
Carry off the palm, v.: P. and V. ἀ̆ριστεύειν (absol.).
subs.
Palm of the hand: P. θέναρ, τό (Aristotle).
Palm tree: P. φοῖνιξ, ὁ or ἡ (Xen.).
Palm of victory: use P. and V. ἀ̆ριστεῖα, τά, στέφᾰνος, ὁ, or use victory alone.
Carry off the palm, v.: P. and V. ἀ̆ριστεύειν (absol.).
PALM
A kind of tree palma (also a branch of palm Plin.).
Fruit of this tree palma (Plin.); palmula (Varr.); dactylus (Pall.).
The inner part of the hand palma; palmus; vola (hand spread out).
Figuratively Triumph palma; victoria: deserving of the palm palmaris (Cic.); palmarius (Ter.).
Measure of length palmus (☞ the palmus minor was the breadth of four fingers joined together Vitr.; the major was a span or twelve Roman inches Varr.).
A kind of tree palma (also a branch of palm Plin.).
Fruit of this tree palma (Plin.); palmula (Varr.); dactylus (Pall.).
The inner part of the hand palma; palmus; vola (hand spread out).
Figuratively Triumph palma; victoria: deserving of the palm palmaris (Cic.); palmarius (Ter.).
Measure of length palmus (☞ the palmus minor was the breadth of four fingers joined together Vitr.; the major was a span or twelve Roman inches Varr.).
palm (subs.):
I. The flat part of the hand: palma: Cic.: Virg.: Cels. The extended p., manus plana (flat hand), Sen. Ep. 56, 1. (Vola, the hollow of the sole, in persons not flat-footed.)
II. A lineal measure, four digits: palmus (1/6 of a cubit; p. minor): Vitr. 3, 1, 7 (p. major = Gk. σπιθαμή, a span). Adj. palmāris, of a p.'s breadth: Varr.: Col.
III. The tree: palma: Caes. B.C. 3, 105: Plin. (*Phoenix dactylifera, Linn.)
IV. A branch of the p.-tree; esp. as token of victory: palma: a gladiator who has won many a p., plurimarum p. gladiator, Cic. R. Am. 6, 17: to give the p. to any one, p. alicui dare, id. de Or. 3, 35, 143; deferre, ib. 2, 56, 227: to bear the p. away (be the best), p. ferre, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, ad med. Adj. palmāris (palmarius, Ter.), bearing or worthy to bear the p.: Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 20.
I. The flat part of the hand: palma: Cic.: Virg.: Cels. The extended p., manus plana (flat hand), Sen. Ep. 56, 1. (Vola, the hollow of the sole, in persons not flat-footed.)
II. A lineal measure, four digits: palmus (1/6 of a cubit; p. minor): Vitr. 3, 1, 7 (p. major = Gk. σπιθαμή, a span). Adj. palmāris, of a p.'s breadth: Varr.: Col.
III. The tree: palma: Caes. B.C. 3, 105: Plin. (*Phoenix dactylifera, Linn.)
IV. A branch of the p.-tree; esp. as token of victory: palma: a gladiator who has won many a p., plurimarum p. gladiator, Cic. R. Am. 6, 17: to give the p. to any one, p. alicui dare, id. de Or. 3, 35, 143; deferre, ib. 2, 56, 227: to bear the p. away (be the best), p. ferre, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, ad med. Adj. palmāris (palmarius, Ter.), bearing or worthy to bear the p.: Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 20.
palm (v.): usu. to palm off; i. e. to impose something upon any one by deception: expr. by impōno, suppōno, 3 (the latter implying substitution of one thing for another): we have p.'d ourselves off upon the people for orators, populo imposuimus et oratores visi sumus, Cic. in Quint. 8, 6, 20 (v. TO IMPOSE UPON ): (the rascal) who p.'d off this fellow upon us, qui hunc supposuit nobis, Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 2.