pallidus

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Latin

Etymology

From palleō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pallidus (feminine pallida, neuter pallidum, comparative pallidior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. pale, pallid, wan
  2. that makes or causes a pale condition
  3. (by extension) musty, moldy, hoary
  4. (figuratively) frightened, pale with fright
  5. greenish
  6. in love

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pallidus pallida pallidum pallidī pallidae pallida
Genitive pallidī pallidae pallidī pallidōrum pallidārum pallidōrum
Dative pallidō pallidō pallidīs
Accusative pallidum pallidam pallidum pallidōs pallidās pallida
Ablative pallidō pallidā pallidō pallidīs
Vocative pallide pallida pallidum pallidī pallidae pallida

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

  • “pallidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pallidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pallidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “pallidus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 455
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