palpus

English

Noun

palpus (plural palpi)

1. Synonym of pedipalp (“invertebrate appendage”)

Anagrams

• Uppals, slap-up

Latin

Etymology

From palpō (“to stroke, touch softly, feel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pus/, [ˈpäɫ̪pʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.pus/, [ˈpälpus]

Noun

palpus m (genitive palpī); second declension

1. palm of the hand
2. feeler (of an insect)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	palpus	palpī
genitive	palpī	palpōrum
dative	palpō	palpīs
accusative	palpum	palpōs
ablative	palpō	palpīs
vocative	palpe	palpī

References

• “palpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.