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).

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

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.
  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
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