verbsecond conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
palleō
palleō (present infinitive pallēre, perfect active palluī)
Classical[ˈpal.le.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpal.le.o]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to be pale; to turn pale, blanch
- to grow pale, be anxious, be fearful
- to fade, lose color, change color
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pallidus sum; quī timet, pallet.palleō -ēre — in Mille Verba, Colōrēs
albus fīō, ut metūpalleō -ēre — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5, 22
Conjugation conjugation 2 no-supine
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | palleō | pallēbam | pallēbō | palluī | pallueram | palluerō |
| 2nd sg. | pallēs | pallēbās | pallēbis | palluistī | palluerās | pallueris |
| 3rd sg. | pallet | pallēbat | pallēbit | palluit | palluerat | palluerit |
| 1st pl. | pallēmus | pallēbāmus | pallēbimus | palluimus | palluerāmus | palluerimus |
| 2nd pl. | pallētis | pallēbātis | pallēbitis | palluistis | palluerātis | pallueritis |
| 3rd pl. | pallent | pallēbant | pallēbunt | palluērunt palluēre | palluerant | palluerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | palleam | pallērem | palluerim | palluissem |
| 2nd sg. | palleās | pallērēs | palluerīs | palluissēs |
| 3rd sg. | palleat | pallēret | palluerit | palluisset |
| 1st pl. | palleāmus | pallērēmus | palluerīmus | palluissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | palleātis | pallērētis | palluerītis | palluissētis |
| 3rd pl. | palleant | pallērent | palluerint | palluissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | pallē | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | pallēte | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | pallētō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | pallētō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | pallētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | pallentō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | pallēre | — |
| perfect infinitive | palluisse | — |
| present participle | pallēns | — |
gerundpallendī, pallendō, pallendum
pallĕo, ui, 2, v. n. Sanscr. palitas, gray; Gr. πελλός, πελιδνός, πολιός; cf. pullus,
I. to be or look pale.
I. Lit.:
sudat, pallet, Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 84: pallent amisso sanguine venae, Ov. M. 2, 824: metu sceleris futuri, id. ib. 8, 465: timore, id. F. 2, 468: mea rugosa pallebunt ora senectā, Tib. 3, 5, 25; morbo, Juv. 2, 50: fame, Mart. 3, 38, 12.— Esp. of lovers: palleat omnis amans; hic est color aptus amanti, must look pale, Ov. A. A. 1, 729; Prop. 1, 9, 17.—Also through indolence, Mart. 3, 58, 24.—B. Transf.
1. To be or look sallow, or yellow:
saxum quoque palluit auro, Ov. M. 11, 110: arca palleat nummis, Mart. 8, 44, 10; id. 9, 55, 1; so, to become turbid: Tagus auriferis pallet turbatus arenis, Sil. 16, 561.—2. To lose its natural color, to change color, to fade:
et numquam Herculeo numine pallet ebur, always remains white, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 82. sidera pallent, Stat. Th. 12, 406: ne vitio caeli palleat aegra seges, Ov. F. 1, 688: pallet nostris Aurora venenis, id. M. 7, 209: pallere diem, Luc 7, 177—(b). With acc.:
multos pallere colores, to change color often, Prop. 1, 15, 39.—II. Trop.
A. To grow pale, be sick with desire, to long for, eagerly desire any thing:
ambitione malā aut argenti pallet amore, Hor. S. 2, 3, 78: nummo, Pers. 4, 47.—B. To grow pale at any thing, to be anxious or fearful.—With dat.:
pueris, i. e. on account of, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7: ad omnia fulgura, Juv. 13, 223: Marco sub judice palles? Pers. 5, 8.—(b). With acc.:
scatentem Belluis pontum, Hor. C. 3, 27, 26: fraternos ictus, Petr. 122; Pers. 5, 184.—C. To grow pale by excessive application to a thing:
iratum Eupoliden praegrandi cum sene palles, read yourself pale over Eupolis, Pers. 1, 124: nunc utile multis Pallere, i. e. studere, Juv. 7, 96: vigilandum, nitendum, pallendum est, of close study, Quint. 7, 10, 14.—Hence, pallens, entis, P. a., pale, wan (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). A. Lit.:
simulacra modis pallentia miris, Lucr. 1, 123: umbrae Erebi, Verg. A. 4, 26: animae, id. ib. 4, 242: regna, of the Lower World, Sil. 13, 408; cf. undae, i. e. the Styx, the Cocytus, Tib. 3, 5, 21: persona, Juv. 3, 175: pallens morte futurā, Verg. A. 8, 709: pallentes terrore puellae, Ov. A. A. 3, 487. —2. Transf.
a. Of a faint or pale color, pale-colored, greenish, yellowish, darkcolored:
pallentes violae, Verg. E. 2, 47: arva, Ov. M. 11, 145: gemmā e viridi pallens, Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 110: hedera, Verg. E. 3, 39: herbae, id. ib. 6, 54: lupini, Ov. Med. Fac. 69: faba, Mart. 5, 78, 10: sol jungere pallentes equos, Tib. 2, 5, 76: toga, Mart. 9, 58, 8.— b. Poet., that makes pale:
morbi, Verg. A. 6, 275: philtra, Ov. A. A. 2, 105: curae, Mart. 11, 6, 6: oscula, Val. Fl. 4, 701.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
palleō uī, —, ēre
2 PAL-, to be pale, turn pale, blanch : sudat, pallet: pallent amisso sanguine venae, O.: morbo, Iu.: Palleat omnis amans, must look pale , O.: Ambitione malā aut argenti pallet amore, H.: nunc utile multis Pallere (i. e. studere), Iu.— To grow pale, be anxious, be fearful : pueris, H.: ad omnia fulgura, Iu.: scatentem Beluis pontum, H.— To lose color, change color, fade : Nec vitio caeli palleat seges, O.: fastigia Pallebant musco, were discolored , O.
Origins
Somewhat problematically, from an apparent root *pal-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥H-wós, from *pelH- (“gray”), whence also Latin pallidus, pullus, but the formal relationships between these words are unclear. Cognates include Sanskrit पलित (palitá), Ancient Greek πελιτνός (pelitnós), Old Church Slavonic плавъ (plavŭ), Old Armenian ալիք (alikʻ, “wave, gray hair”), German falb (“pallid”). Borrowing from a foreign or substrate Indo-European language is possible.
In English words that came into English from palleō
- palepallidus
- pallidpallidus
- pallorpallor
- pallescentpallēscere