palleo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pelito-, from *pel- (“gray”), whence also Latin pallidus, pullus. Cognates include Sanskrit पलित (palitá), Ancient Greek πελιτνός (pelitnós), Old Church Slavonic плавъ (plavŭ), Old Armenian ալիք (alikʿ, “wave, gray hair”), German falb (“pallid”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpal.le.oː/
Verb
palleō (present infinitive pallēre, perfect active palluī); second conjugation, no passive
- I am pale; I turn pale, blanch.
- I grow pale, am anxious, am fearful.
- I fade, lose color, change color.
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References
- palleo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- palleo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- palleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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