I.v. inch. n. [palleo], to grow or turn pale.
I. Lit.: ut qui timent sanguine ex ore decedente pallescant, Gell. 19, 4, 4: “pallescere curis,” Prop. 1, 13, 7: “nullā pallescere culpā,” Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 61: “pallescet super his,” will turn pale with emotion, id. A. P. 429: “umbraticā vitā pallescere,” Quint. 1, 2, 18; 12, 10, 76.—
II. Transf., to turn pale, sallow: “pallescunt frondes,” wither, fade, Ov. A. A. 3, 704: “viso pallescit flamma veneno,” Val. Fl. 7, 586; Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 66.
