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“pall” in Latin
palliumcloak; coverlettegumentumcover, covering; clothing; armourvēlāmentumcovering; screencapulussarcophagus; tomb; handle, hilt (of a sword)feretrumfunereal litter; bier; hearsevapidusthat has emitted steam or vapor (i.e. its "spirit"); flat or vapid; that has lost its freshnessieiūnusfasting, abstinent, hungry; dry, barren, unproductive; scanty, meagersentiōto feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses); to perceive, be aware of, to be sensible of, to notice mentally, to un
The English word pall itself goes back to Latin pallium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pall s.
Mantle of state, pallium. [Vid: also, CLOAK.]
Covering of a bier, pallium (Apul.; Ovid uses this word for a covering of a bed, coverlet): *tegumentum, velamentum, capuli or feretri.
pall v.
TRANS., facere satietatem alicujus rei.
INTRANS., (upon the taste); nulla est voluptas alicujus rei (Juv.); aliquid nil sapit (Juv.); vapidi, infirmi esse saporis (figuratively); jejunum, insulsum esse; satietas alicujus rei capit aliquem; aliquis alicujus rei suavitatem non (jam) sentit.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pall?
- The usual Latin words for “pall” are pallium, tegumentum, vēlāmentum; also capulus, feretrum, vapidus. 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.