adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
pallidus
pallidus (feminine pallida, neuter pallidum, comparative pallidior)
Classical[ˈpal.lɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpal.li.dus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- adjectivepale, pallid, wan
- adjectivethat makes or causes a pale condition
- adjectivebroadlymusty, moldy, hoary
- adjectivefigurativelyfrightened, pale with fright
- adjectivegreenish
- adjectivein love
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
sine colōre vīvō; aeger pallidus est.pallidus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Colōrēs
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pallidus | pallida | pallidum |
| genitive | pallidī | pallidae | pallidī |
| dative | pallidō | pallidae | pallidō |
| accusative | pallidum | pallidam | pallidum |
| ablative | pallidō | pallidā | pallidō |
| vocative | pallide | pallida | pallidum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pallidī | pallidae | pallida |
| genitive | pallidōrum | pallidārum | pallidōrum |
| dative | pallidīs | pallidīs | pallidīs |
| accusative | pallidōs | pallidās | pallida |
| ablative | pallidīs | pallidīs | pallidīs |
| vocative | pallidī | pallidae | pallida |
pallĭdus, a, um, adj. palleo,
I. pale, pallid (cf.: lividus, luridus).
I. Lit.:
vides ut pallidus omnis Cenā desurgat dubiā, Hor. S. 2, 2, 76: ora buxo Pallidiora, Ov. M. 4, 134; Prop. 5, 5, 72: Asturii scrutator pallidus auri, Luc. 4, 298; id. 1, 618: recto vultu et pallidus, i. e. well or sick, Juv. 10, 189: oriens, Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 342: stellae, quae sunt omnium pallidissimae, id. 2, 25, 22, § 89.—Esp. of the Lower World: pallida turba, Tib. 1, 10, 38: ditis profundi Pallida regna, Luc. 1, 456: pallida Leti loca, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 109 Vahl.): equus, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 8.—B. Transf.
1. That makes pale, pallid:
pallida mors, Hor. C. 1, 4, 13: vina, Prop. 5, 7, 36: aconita, Luc. 4, 322.—2. Musty, mouldy:
vetustate ficus fit pallidior, Varr. R. R. 1, 67.—3. Livid:
hospes inauratā pallidior statuā, Cat. 81, 4. —II. Trop.
A. Pale with love, in love, Prop. 4, 7, 28:
pallidus in lentā Naïde Daphnis erat, Ov. A. A. 1, 732; id. Am. 3, 6, 25. —B. Pale with fright, affrighted, Ov. H. 12, 97; 1, 14.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pallidus adj. with comp.
2 PAL-, pale, pallid, colorless : ut pallidus omnis Cenā desurgat dubiā, H.: hospes pallidior statuā, Ct.: (Dido) morte futurā, V.: recto voltu et pallidus, i. e. well or sick , Iu.: Pallida mors, causing paleness : pallida sedi, in terror , O.: inmundo pallida mitra situ, unseemly , Pr.: in lentā Naïde, love-sick , O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin pallidus From palleō + -idus.
Descendants
- Catalanpàl·lid
- Catalanpàl·lidum
- Englishpallid
- Englishpallidum
- Frenchpâlefrom Old French pale
- Romanianpalfrom Old French pale
- Englishpalefrom Old French pale
- Italianpallido
- Occitanpalle
- Portuguesepálido
In English words that came into English from pallidus
- palepallidus
- pallidpallidus