Meaning of palma | Babel Free

Definitions

1. palm of the hand, hand
   declension-1, feminine
2. Palma, Palma de Mallorca (a city and port, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Spain, on the island of Mallorca; in full, Palma de Mallorca)
   declension-1, feminine, singular
3. blade of an oar
   declension-1, feminine
4. palm tree; date tree
   declension-1, feminine
5. victory
   declension-1, feminine, figuratively
6. a linear measure, palm, of various exact values throughout Europe but usually one quarter of the local foot.
   Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine

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Examples

“ingemit, et duplicīs tendēns ad sīdera palmās”

Groaning, and extending both [his] hands to the stars, [Aeneas] responds with such an expression [of his fear]: …. (Facing imminent death at sea, Aeneas invokes the gods, raising his hands with the palms facing upward as if to receive divine blessing.)

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