a vinesprig

palmĕs, ĭtis, m. [1. palma, II. E.], a young branch or shoot of a vine, a vinesprig, vine-sprout (syn. pampinus).

Lit.:

palmites vitium sarmenta appellantur, quod in modum palmarum humanarum virgulas quasi digitos edunt,

Fest. p. 222 Müll.:

palmitum duo genera sunt, alterum pampinarium, alterum fructuarium,

Col. 5, 6, 26 sq.; id. 3, 10, 14; 4, 22, 10; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175; 14, 1, 3, § 10:

jam laeto turgent in palmite gemmae,

Verg. E. 7, 48: stratus humi palmes, Juv. [p. 1294] 8, 78; Ov. F. 1, 152:

ego sum vitis, vos palmites,

Vulg. Johan. 15, 5.—

Transf.

A vine; a vineyard:

Icario nemorosus palmite Gaurus,

Stat. S. 3, 1, 147; Mart. 8, 40, 1.—

In gen., a bough, branch:

crudus arboris,

Luc. 4, 317:

palmites arborum,

Curt. 4, 3, 10 (where Mützell reads palmas); Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 30:

opaco palmite bacae,

Claud. Nupt. Hon. 217.