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palmarius

palmarius, of the palm, deserving the prize, excellent

palmārĭus, a, um, adj. [1. palma],
  • 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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