palacurna

Possibly from Paleo-Hispanic.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pa.ɫaˈkʊr.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pa.laˈkur.na]

palacurna f (genitive palacurnae); first declension

1. An ingot or nugget of gold.
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.11.77:

     palagas alii palacurnas iidem quod minutum est balucem vocant

     The names given to these lumps are "palagae," and "palacurnae," while the gold found in small grains is known as "baluce."

First-declension noun.

• (ingot of gold): palaga