palacurna

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.laˈkur.na/, [päɫ̪äˈkʊrnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.laˈkur.na/, [päläˈkurnä]

Noun

palacurna f (genitive palacurnae); first declension

1. An ingot or nugget of gold.
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.11.77:

     palagas alii palacurnas iidem quod minutum est balucem vocant

     The names given to these lumps are "palagae," and "palacurnae," while the gold found in small grains is known as "baluce."

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	palacurna	palacurnae
genitive	palacurnae	palacurnārum
dative	palacurnae	palacurnīs
accusative	palacurnam	palacurnās
ablative	palacurnā	palacurnīs
vocative	palacurna	palacurnae

Synonyms

• (ingot of gold): palaga