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.