palmarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

palmārĭus, a, um, adj. [1. palma],

I of or belonging to palms : Insula Palmaria, the Isle of Palms in the Tyrrhenian Sea , now Palmarola , Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 7; Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81.—

II Transf., subst.: palmārĭ-um , ii, n. *

A That which deserves the prize , a masterpiece : id vero est, quod ego mihi puto palmarium, Ter. Eun. 930.—

B The fee of a successful advocate , Dig. 50, 13, 1, § 12; cf. palmarium, ἀξιόνικον, Gloss. Philox.

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