noun

pāla

gen. pālae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

contr. from pagela, from pago, pango: pala a pangendo, Varr. L. L. 5, § 134 Müll.

a spade

a spade.

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Lit.: palas vendundas sibi ait ... ut hortum fodiat, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 58: sarcula VIII., palas IV., Cato, R. R. 10, 3: palae innixus, Liv. 3, 26: juncosus ager verti pala debet, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 46: palis laxatus, id. 17, 17, 27, § 123; Col. 10, 45.—

by extension

A peel

A peel for putting bread into the oven, Cato, R. R. 11 fin.—

A winnowing-shovel

A winnowing-shovel, Tert. Praescr. 3; so Juvenc. 1, 371.—

The bezel •

The bezel of a ring = funda: palam anuli ad palmam convertere, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38.—

The shoulder-blade

The shoulder-blade, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 35; id. Tard. 3, 2.—

An Indian tree; the plantain-tree

An Indian tree, the plantain-tree: Musa Paradisiaca, Linn.; Plin. 12, 6, 12, § 24.

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