Palatine Relating Latin Earliest Documented Gardens Direct Pal Uh Tyn

adjective

1. Of or relating to a palace.

2. Of or relating to a palate.

[For 1: After Palatine, from Latin Palatium, the name of the centermost of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built. Roman emperors built their palaces on this hill. The word palace also derives from the same source. Earliest documented use: 1436.

For 2: From French palatin, from Latin palatum palate (roof of the mouth). Earliest documented use: 1656]

"The palatine city Qal'a Bani Hammad in Algeria had terraced gardens and, in one of its palaces, an enormous rectangular pool." - D. Fairchild Ruggles; Islamic Gardens and Landscapes; University of Pennsylvania Press; 2008.

"The teeth, tongue, palate, and gum are subjected to a direct painful influence -- that is, direct pain which acts upon the minor palatine nerve." - Aleksandr Nevzorov; The Horse Crucified and Risen; Nevzorov Haute Ecole; 2011.