Palatium

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain, either from: (in classical writers) Pallantium, a city founded near the mount by Evander and named after Pallantium (Livy, I.v), his Arcadian hometown, itself named after its own founder, Pallas (son of Lycaon) (see Πᾰ́λλᾱς, Πᾰ́λλᾰντος (Pắllās, Pắllăntos)); Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌃 (falad, “sky”), the same source as Palēs (“Pales, the Italic goddess of shepherds, flocks and livestock”); palātum (“roof of the mouth; dome, vault”), itself perhaps related to the Etruscan term above; pālus (“stake; enclosure”). === Proper noun === Palātium n sg (genitive Palātiī or Palātī); second declension the Palatine Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome Synonyms: Palātīnus mōns, Palātīnus Coordinate terms: Aventīnus mōns, Caelius mōns, Capitōlium (Capitōlīnus mōns), Esquilīnus mōns (Esquiliae), Quirinālis collis, Viminālis collis ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Palātīnus palātium Palātua === References === === Further reading === “Palatium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Palatium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.