Palmus

Latin-English

palm|us, -ī. (ˈpal.mus) masc.

1. The palm (of the hand).
2. A palm (a unit of measurement).

[palma.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.43:

Minorem autem Septentrionem Cepheus passis palmis post terga subsequitur.

Now Cepheus, palms outstretched, follows behind Septentrio Minor.