palātum ī, n, and (rarely) palātus, ī, m
the palate: quae (voluptas) palato percipiatur: boum dare membra palato, O.: udum, V.: obserare palatum, i. e. to be silent, Ct.: caeli, i. e. vault, Enn. ap. C.—Fig., the palate, taste, judgment: dum palato quid sit optimum iudicat.