English → Latin
“pale” in Latin
palūsswamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, poolsūdōto sweat, perspirepalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale condition; musty, moldy, hoarylūriduspale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid; ghastly, horrifyingexsanguisDeprived of blood, without or lacking in blood; bloodless.; Pale, wan.; Powerless, feeble, weak, exhausted.cadāverōsuscorpse-likepalleōto be pale; to turn pale, blanch; to grow pale, be anxious, be fearful; to fade, lose color, change colorperpallidusvery palepallēscōto grow paleexpallēscōto grow very pale; to dread
The English word pale itself goes back to Latin palleō, through pallidus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pale s.
palus (general term for any pole; e.g., a hedge-stake, especially for fastening anything to; e.g., a vine); sudes (shaped and pointed at the top). ☞ Stipes and vallus were larger stakes, which required to be driven in.
pale v.
(To fence with pales)(To fence with pales), stipitibus sepire (e.g., ut locus... stipitibus robustis sepiatur; Inscript., Orell., 642); or *sudibus stipitibusque (Caes.): sepire. ☞ Not palare, which is only found in the sense of “staking” vines, etc., and “driving in piles” for a foundation.
pale adj.
pallidus: luridus (of a yellow paleness in a bad sense): exsanguis (without any blood in the face, from fear, rage, etc): cadaverosus (cadaverous). As pale as a corpse, cadaverosa facie: somewhat pale, subpallidus; pallens: very pale, perpallidus, exsanguis: to grow pale, pallescere, expallescere, exalbescere: he became red at one moment, and pale at another, modo erubuit, modo expalluit: to be pale, pallere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pale?
- The usual Latin words for “pale” are palūs, sūdō, pallidus; also lūridus, exsanguis, cadāverōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.