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Palmyra
Pal-my′ra
,Noun.
(Bot.)
A species of palm (
Borassus flabelliformis
) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts. Definition 2024
Palmyra
Palmyra
See also: palmyra
English
Proper noun
Palmyra
Translations
city
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra).
Proper noun
Palmȳra f (genitive Palmȳrae); first declension
- Palmyra (ancient city in modern Syria, capital of the Palmyrene Empire)
Declension
First declension, with locative.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Palmȳra |
| genitive | Palmȳrae |
| dative | Palmȳrae |
| accusative | Palmȳram |
| ablative | Palmȳrā |
| vocative | Palmȳra |
| locative | Palmȳrae |
References
- Palmyra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Palmyra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Palmyra f
- Obsolete spelling of Palmira (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).