pala

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pāla: ae, f. contr. from pagela, from pago, pango: pala a pangendo, Varr. L. L. 5, § 134 Müll.,
I a spade.
I Lit.: palas vendundas sibi ait ... ut hortum fodiat, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 58: sarcula VIII., palas IV., Cato, R. R. 10, 3: palae innixus, Liv. 3, 26: juncosus ager verti pala debet, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 46: palis laxatus, id. 17, 17, 27, § 123; Col. 10, 45.—
II Transf.
   A A peel for putting bread into the oven, Cato, R. R. 11 fin.—
   B A winnowing-shovel, Tert. Praescr. 3; so Juvenc. 1, 371.—
   C The bezel of a ring = funda: palam anuli ad palmam convertere, Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38.—
   D The shoulder-blade, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 35; id. Tard. 3, 2.—
   E An Indian tree, the plantain-tree: Musa Paradisiaca, Linn.; Plin. 12, 6, 12, § 24.