Noun: parma
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: First
Nominative
| Singular | parma |
| Plural | parmae |
Genitive
| Singular | parmae |
| Plural | parmārum |
Dative
| Singular | parmae |
| Plural | parmīs |
Accusative
| Singular | parmam |
| Plural | parmās |
Ablative
| Singular | parmā |
| Plural | parmīs |
Vocative
| Singular | parma |
| Plural | parmae |
Sample Sentences
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Near-synonyms: scūtum, clipeus
Nouns inflected like parma
scōria,
meschīta,
sewera,
zōnula,
ecclēsia,
concurrentia,
satira,
satura,
satyra,
sagīna,
sagēna,
sarīsa,
salīva,
salīna,
sampsa,
samara,
sacēna,
salvia,
sabīna,
sculna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Perhaps a back-formation from parmula, dissimilated from palmula, from palma (“hand”), referring to the shield being handheld.
2. Or, borrowed from a Celtic word.
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