palatum

Latin

Alternative forms

• palātus

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-os, from *pleh₂- (“flat, wide”). Perhaps connected to Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌃𐌖𐌌 (faladum, “sky”), according to Michael L. Weiss. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paˈlaː.tum/, [päˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate 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

• palātīnus (adjective)
• *palātāris

Descendants

Descendants

• → Albanian: pëllas
• → Friulian: palât
• → Italian: palato
  • → Romanian: palat
• → Piedmontese: palat, palà
• → Portuguese: palato
• → Romanian: păraț
• Venetian: palà, pałà
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: palātium
  • → Old French: palat
    • → Middle English: palate
      • → English: palate
  • Old French: palais
    • French: palais
    • Norman: palais

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.