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Lewis Short
pălātum | pălātus, i (noun N.m) : n., and (rarely) , , m.perh. from root pa-of pasco
* The palate.
* Lit.: suave domini,Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 7: nec enim sequitur, ut, cui cor sapiat, ei non sapiat palatus,Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: quae (voluptas) palato percipiatur,id. ib. 2, 10, 29: boum dare membra palato,Ov. M. 15, 141: subtile palatum,Hor. S. 2, 8, 38: nigra subest udo tantum cui lingua palato,Verg. G. 3, 388; Ov. Am. 2, 6, 47; cf.: cum balba feris annoso verba palato,Hor. S. 2, 3, 274: torpente palato,Juv. 10, 203.—In plur.: palata docta et erudita,Col. 8, 16, 4.
* Trop., the palate, as the organ of taste and judgment: (Epicurus) dum palato quid sit optimum judicat,Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 49: orationis condimentum, quod sentitur latente judicio velut palato,Quint. 6, 3, 19.—*
* Transf. (of the form of the palate), a vault: caeli, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 38 (Enn. p. 177, n. 19 Vahl.).
* The palate.
* Lit.: suave domini,Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 7: nec enim sequitur, ut, cui cor sapiat, ei non sapiat palatus,Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 24: quae (voluptas) palato percipiatur,id. ib. 2, 10, 29: boum dare membra palato,Ov. M. 15, 141: subtile palatum,Hor. S. 2, 8, 38: nigra subest udo tantum cui lingua palato,Verg. G. 3, 388; Ov. Am. 2, 6, 47; cf.: cum balba feris annoso verba palato,Hor. S. 2, 3, 274: torpente palato,Juv. 10, 203.—In plur.: palata docta et erudita,Col. 8, 16, 4.
* Trop., the palate, as the organ of taste and judgment: (Epicurus) dum palato quid sit optimum judicat,Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 49: orationis condimentum, quod sentitur latente judicio velut palato,Quint. 6, 3, 19.—*
* Transf. (of the form of the palate), a vault: caeli, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 38 (Enn. p. 177, n. 19 Vahl.).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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