adjective #3530

pallĭdus

fem. pallĭda · neut. pallĭdum

pale; pallid

pale, pallid (cf.: lividus, luridus).

well; sick ••

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.—

by extension

That makes pale; pallid •

That makes pale, pallid: pallida mors, Hor. C. 1, 4, 13: vina, Prop. 5, 7, 36: aconita, Luc. 4, 322.—

Musty; mouldy •

Musty, mouldy: vetustate ficus fit pallidior, Varr. R. R. 1, 67.—

Livid •

Livid: hospes inauratā pallidior statuā, Cat. 81, 4. —

figuratively

Pale with love; in love •

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. —

Pale with fright; affrighted

Pale with fright, affrighted, Ov. H. 12, 97; 1, 14.

Perseus ID: n33486 Key: pallidus