palaga

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la.ɡa/, [ˈpäɫ̪äɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la.ɡa/, [ˈpäːläɡä]

Noun

palaga f (genitive palagae); 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	palaga	palagae
genitive	palagae	palagārum
dative	palagae	palagīs
accusative	palagam	palagās
ablative	palagā	palagīs
vocative	palaga	palagae

Synonyms

• (ingot of gold): palacurna

References

• “palaga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• palaga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.