siculum+mel+fert+palmam+vr

palma, ae [palamê; Sanscr. phal, to open], f., the palm of the hand.

Lit., Cic. Or. 32, 113; Cels. 8, 18:

cavis undam de flumine palmis Sustulit,

Verg. A. 8, 69:

aliquem palmā concutere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 7:

faciem contundere palmā,

Juv. 13, 128: os hominis liberi manus suae palmā verberare, Laber. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 13. —

Transf.

(Pars pro toto.) The hand:

compressan' palma an porrecta ferio?

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 53:

palmarum intentus,

Cic. Sest. 55, 117:

passis palmis salutem petere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 98:

teneras arcebant vincula palmas,

Verg. A. 2, 406:

duplices tendens ad sidera palmas,

id. ib. 1, 93:

amplexus tremulis altaria palmis,

Ov. M. 5, 103; Val. Fl. 8, 44.—

The sole of a goose's foot:

palmas pedum anseris torrere,

Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 52.—

The broad end or blade of an oar: palmarum pulsus, Laber. ap. Non. 151, 27:

caerula verrentes abiegnis aequora palmis,

Cat. 64, 7; Vitr. 10, 8.—

A palm-tree, a palm, phoinix:

ab ejus summo, sicut palmae, rami quam late diffunduntur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 26; Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 39:

in palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum,

id. 13, 11, 21, § 69; 16, 42, 81, § 223; Gell. 3, 6, 2:

arbor palmae,

Suet. Aug. 94:

ardua,

Verg. G. 2, 67:

viridis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 3:

arbusto palmarum dives Idume,

Luc. 3, 216.— Sing. collect.:

umbrosa,

Juv. 15, 76.—Hence,

Transf.

The fruit of the palm-tree, a date ( poet.):

quid vult palma sibi rugosaque carica,

Ov. F. 1, 185; Pers. 6, 39.—

A palm-branch, e. g. which was suspended in wine to make it sweeter, Cato, R. R. 113; Col. 12, 20, 5.—

Hence, also, a broom made of palm-twigs:

ten' lapides varios lutulentā radere palmā,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 83 (pro scopis ex palmā confectis, Schol.); Mart. 14, 82.—

A palm-branch or palm-wreath, as a token of victory:

eodem anno (461 A.U.C.)... palmae primum, translato e Graeciā more, victoribus datae,

Liv. 10, 47; cf.:

more victorum cum palmā discucurrit,

Suet. Calig. 32: IMP. CAES. EX SICILIA EID. NOV. TRIVMPHAVIT, PALMAM DEDIT, dedicated to Jupiter, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 607; so very frequently: palmam dare, Tabulae Fastorum Triumph., v. Bullet. Instit. Archaeol. 1861, p. 91; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 2, 4; hence,

Transf., a token or badge of victory, the palm or prize; and still more gen., victory, honor, glory, pre-eminence:

antehac est habitus parcus... is nunc in aliam partem palmam possidet,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 32:

plurimarum palmarum gladiator,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 17:

cum palmam jam primus acceperit,

id. Brut. 47, 173:

quos Elea domum reducit Palma caelestes,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 17:

quam palmam utinam di immortales tibi reservent,

Cic. Sen. 6, 19:

docto oratori palma danda est,

id. de Or. 3, 35, 143; id. Att. 4, 15, 6; id. Phil. 11, 5, 11:

alicujus rei palmam alicui deferre,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 227; cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 1:

palmā donare aliquem,

Ov. A. A. 2, 3:

arbiter pugnae posuisse nudo Sub pede palmam Fertur,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 11. —Of things:

Siculum mel fert palmam,

bears away the palm, has the preference, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 14.—

Hence, in gen., the topmost twig or branch of any tree:

quae cujusque stipitis palma sit,

Liv. 33, 5, 10; cf. Curt. 4, 3, 10 (Mütz.)—

Poet., of the victor himself:

post Helymus subit et jam tertia palma Diores,

Verg. A. 5, 339; Sil. 16, 504, 574.—

Of horses:

Eliadum palmae equarum,

Verg. G. 1, 59.—

Also, of one about to be conquered, and who is to become the prize of the victor:

ultima restabat fusis jam palma duobus Virbius,

Sil. 4, 392.—

A branch on a tree, esp. on a vine, = palmes, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3; Col. 3, 17, 4; 4, 15, 3; 4, 24, 12 sq.—

The fruit of an Egyptian tree, Plin. 12, 22, 47, § 103.—

An aromatic plant growing in Africa and Syria, Plin. 12, 28, 62, § 134 (= elate).—

A marine plant, Plin. 13, 25, 49, § 138.—

A town in the Balearic islands, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 77.

palma, ae, a collat. form for parma, v. parma init.