noun · femininethird declension

palūs¹

palūs f (genitive palūdis)

Classical[ˈpa.ɫuːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaː.lus]

Meaning

swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool
palūs silvestrisswamp in a forest

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

locus mollis, aquā plēnus

marsh

palūs -ūdis (f) — in De Bello Gallico II, ch. 3

lignīs quae in terrā stant

stake

pālus -ī (m) — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 13

locus ubi aqua in terrā stat

marsh

palūs -ūdis (f) — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 3

aquae Stygis

palūdēs Stygiae — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4

aqua stāns inter herbās

palūs -ūdis (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4, 16

Declension

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	palūs	palūdēs
genitive	palūdis	palūdum
dative	palūdī	palūdibus
accusative	palūdem	palūdēs
ablative	palūde	palūdibus
vocative	palūs	palūdēs

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

pălus, ūdis (

I. nom. sing. pălŭs, Hor. A. P. 65; but usually pălūs, Verg. A. 6, 107; v. infra; gen. plur. paludum, Caes. B. G. 4, 38, 2 Oud.; rarely paludium, Liv. 21, 54, 7 Drak.; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 174; Just. 44, 1, 10; Eum. Pan. Const. Aug. 12, 2), f. = Gr. πηλός, mud; cf. Sanscr. palvala, pool; perh. -ud of the stem = ὕδωρ, water, a swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool (cf.: stagnum, lacus).

I. Lit.: ille paludes siccare voluit, Cic. Phil. 5, 3, 7: paludes emere, id. Agr. 2, 27, 71: palus erat non magna inter nostrum atque hostium exercitum, Caes. B. G. 2, 9: propter paludes exercitui aditus non est, id. ib. 2, 16: Cocyti tardāque palus inamabilis undā, Verg. G. 4, 479: sterilisve diu palus aptaque remis, Hor. A. P. 65: udae paludes intumuere aestu, Ov. M. 1, 737: stagnata paludibus ument, id. ib. 15, 269: nigra, Tib. 3, 3, 37: exusta, Verg. G. 3, 432: alta, id. ib. 4, 48: putida, Cat. 17, 10: nebulosa, Sil. 8, 382: sordida, Stat. S. 4, 3, 8.—Hence, Palus Maeotis, = Lacus Maeotis, now the Sea of Azof, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168; Mel. 1, 19.—

II. Transf.

A. A reed that grows in marshes: tomentum concisa palus Circense vocatur, Mart. 14, 160, 1; 11, 32, 2.—

B. Water: (cymba) multam accepit rimosa paludem, Verg. A. 6, 414.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European*pelH-der.?
Proto-Italic*palūts
Latinpalūs

From Proto-Italic *palūts, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“pale, gray”), presumably with semantic shift "gray" > "swamp", though this is semantically tenuous. Either way, related to Latvian peļķe (“puddle”), Lithuanian pelkė (“marsh”), Sanskrit पल्वल (palvala, “pool, pond”), and possibly Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós, “mud, earth, clay”).

Borrowings

Frenchpalude
Portuguesepalude
Romanianpaludă
Spanishpalude

Ibero-Romance

SpanishPadulfrom Mozarabic *padul
SpanishPadulesfrom Mozarabic *padul
Portuguesepaul
Spanishpaúl
Old Navarro-Aragonesepadul
Basquepadura
Basquefadura

Gallo-Romance

Frenchpaludfrom Old French palu
Frenchpalusfrom Old French palu
CatalanPaülfrom Old Catalan paul
Normanpalufrom Old French palu
Gasconpalu
Old Occitanpalut
Old Occitanpalus

Insular Romance

Sardinianpadule
Sardinianpaule
Sardinianpauli

Italo-Romance

Italianpalude
Italianpadule
Corsicanpadula
Neapolitanpadula
Sicilianpadula

Balkan Romance

Romanianpădure
Aromanianpãduri
Megleno-Romanianpăduri
Albanianpyllfrom Proto-Albanian *pëdyll

North Italian

Istriotpaloû
Ladinpaluk
Ladinpalú
Lombardpalut
Piedmontesepalú
Romanshpalieu
Romanshpaleu
Romanshpale
Romanshpalukt
Romanshpalü

Elsewhere

TranslingualPaludipasser

noun · masculinesecond declension

pālus²

pālus m (genitive pālī)

Classical[ˈpaː.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpaː.lus]

Meaning

stake, prop, stay, pale, post

Declension

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	pālus	pālī
genitive	pālī	pālōrum
dative	pālō	pālīs
accusative	pālum	pālōs
ablative	pālō	pālīs
vocative	pāle	pālī

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

pālus, i, m. (

I. neutr. collat. form pālum, i, Varr. ap. Non. 219, 18) [for paglus (cf. dim. paxillus); root pag-; Sanscr. pācas, snare; Gr. πήγνυμι, fasten; Lat. pango; cf.: pignus, pax], a stake, prop, stay, pale.

I. Lit. (very freq. and class.; syn.: sudes, stipes): ut figam palum in parietem, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4; id. Men. 2, 3, 53: damnati ad supplicium traditi, ad palum alligati, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11: palis adjungere vitem, Tib. 1, 8 (7), 33; Ov. F. 1, 665: palos et ridicas dolare, Col. 11, 2, 11; Varr. 1. 1.—The Roman soldiers learned to fight by attacking a stake set in the ground, Veg. Mil. 1, 11; 2, 23; hence, aut quis non vidit vulnera pali? Juv. 6, 246.—And, transf.: exerceamur ad palum: et, ne imparatos fortuna deprehendat, fiat nobis paupertas familiaris, Sen. Ep. 18, 6. should be 18.8 —In the lang. of gladiators, palus primus or palusprimus (called also machaera Herculeana, Capitol. Pert. 8), a gladiator's sword of wood, borne by the secutores, whence their leader was also called primus palus, Lampr. Commod. 15; Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 694.—Prov.: quasi palo pectus tundor, of one astonished, stunned, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 2.—

II. Transf., = membrum virile, Hor. S. 1, 8, 5.