palus

See also: Palus

English

Etymology 1

From Latin pālus (“stake, post”). Doublet of pole.

Noun

palus (plural pali)

(marine biology) A vertical pillar along the inner septal margin of a coral.

Derived terms

palar
paliform

Etymology 2

From Latin palūs (“marsh, swamp”).

Noun

palus (plural paludes)

(planetology) A small plain (compared to mare) on the surface of a planet or satellite.

Anagrams

A plus, Alsup, pauls, pulas

French

Noun

palus ?

plural of palu

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *palūts, *palūd-, from Proto-Indo-European *pelHk-iH-h₂, related to Latvian pelce (“puddle”), Lithuanian pelkė (“marsh”), Sanskrit पल्वल (palvala, “pool, pond”), and possibly Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós, “mud, earth, clay”).

Alternative forms

*padule (Vulgar)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.luːs/, [ˈpa.ɫuːs]

Noun

palūs f (genitive palūdis); third declension

swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	palūs	palūdēs
Genitive	palūdis	palūdum
Dative	palūdī	palūdibus
Accusative	palūdem	palūdēs
Ablative	palūde	palūdibus
Vocative	palūs	palūdēs

Derived terms

Descendants

Italian: palude
Friulian: palût, palûd
Istriot: paloû
→ Portuguese: palude
→ Romanian: paludă
→ Spanish: palude

Inherited from a metathesised Vulgar Latin form *padule

Aromanian: pãduri, pãdure
Emilian: padóll
Portuguese: paul

Italian: padule
Romanian: pădure
Sicilian: padúle, paoi, paule, pauli
Spanish: paúl

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. See related terms.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.lus/, [ˈpaː.ɫʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lus/, [ˈpaː.lus]

Noun

pālus m (genitive pāli); second declension

stake, prop, stay, pale, post

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pālus	pālī
Genitive	pālī	pālōrum
Dative	pālō	pālīs
Accusative	pālum	pālōs
Ablative	pālō	pālīs
Vocative	pāle	pālī

Synonyms

(stake): stilus, sudis, tālea, vallus

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Albanian: pallë
Aromanian: par
Asturian: palu
Catalan: pal
→ Dutch: paal
→ English: pale, palus, pole, palisade
French: pal, pieu, balise, palissade
Friulian: pâl
→ German: Pfahl

Italian: palo
Occitan: pal
→ Old English: pal
Old Portuguese: pao
- Galician: pau
- Portuguese: pau, baliza
  - Guinea-Bissau Creole: po
  - Kabuverdianu: pó
→ Polish: pal

Romanian: par
Romansch: pal, pêl
Sardinian: palu, pau
Sicilian: palu
Spanish: palo
- Papiamentu: palu
Venetian: pal, pało

References

palus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
palus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
palus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
palus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to bind to the stake: ad palum deligare (Liv. 2. 5)
palus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
palus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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