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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [paˈɫaː.ti.ũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [paˈlat.t͡si.um]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''palātium''' ''n'' (genitive palātiī or palātī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[Palātium]], the Palatine hill of Rome, where the emperors' residences stood.^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline) Naevius had ⟨Balātium⟩, according to Varro, and Martial scans it ⟨Pālātium⟩.^(OLD 2012) Isidore derived the hill's name from Pallas, prince of the Arcadians.^(Isidore)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Naevius, whom he dates c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citation for the hill is from Cicero.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the Palatine hill, one of the seven hills of Rome, as in Varro, Cicero and Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From Augustus, as in Ovid and Tacitus, it meant the imperial residence on the Palatine, and in Juvenal a temple there.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) From this it came to mean any palace.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a palace or the imperial court.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for the imperial residence, the king's court and palace, the fisc and royal power.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''palazzo'', French ''palais'' and Spanish ''palacio'', and Old French ''palais'' and Medieval Latin ''palacium'' gave [[en|palace]] in the early 13th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it of the Palatine.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the Palatine hill.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of the imperial residence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 13th century – English ''palace'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The [[m|en|Palatine]] hill.^(OLD 2012)
+ # The imperial residence; a temple on the Palatine.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A [[m|en|palace]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The king's court; the fisc; royal power.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[Palātīnus]]
+ * [[en|palace]]
+ * [[en|palatine]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}