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pāla , ae, f. contr. from pagela, from pago, pango: “pala a pangendo,” Varr. L. L. 5, § 134 Müll.,
I.a spade.
I. Lit.: “palas vendundas sibi ait ... ut hortum fodiat,” Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 58: “sarcula VIII., palas IV.,” Cato, R. R. 10, 3: “palae innixus,” Liv. 3, 26: “juncosus ager verti pala debet,” Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 46: “palis laxatus,” id. 17, 17, 27, § 123; Col. 10, 45.—
II. Transf.
A. A peel for putting bread into the oven, Cato, R. R. 11 fin.—
B. A winnowing-shovel, Tert. Praescr. 3; so Juvenc. 1, 371.—
C. The bezel of a ring = funda: “palam anuli ad palmam convertere,” Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38.—
D. The shoulder-blade, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 35; id. Tard. 3, 2.—
E. An Indian tree, the plantain-tree: Musa Paradisiaca, Linn.; Plin. 12, 6, 12, § 24.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 5.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 12.24
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.46
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 26
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.9
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