Palatium

See also: palatium

Latin

Etymology

Either from:

  • Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌃 (falad, “sky”), the same source as Pales (“Pales, the Italic goddess of shepherds, flocks and livestock”);
  • palus (“stake; enclosure”).

Proper noun

Palātium n (genitive Palātiī); second declension

  1. One of the seven hills of Rome.

Inflection

Second declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Palātium
genitive Palātiī
dative Palātiō
accusative Palātium
ablative Palātiō
vocative Palātium
locative Palātiī

Derived terms

References

  • Palatium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Palatium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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