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pallĭdus , a, um, adj. palleo,
I.pale, pallid (cf.: lividus, luridus).
I. 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.—
B. Transf.
1. That makes pale, pallid: “pallida mors,Hor. C. 1, 4, 13: “vina,Prop. 5, 7, 36: “aconita,Luc. 4, 322.—
2. Musty, mouldy: “vetustate ficus fit pallidior,Varr. R. R. 1, 67.—
II. Trop.
B. Pale with fright, affrighted, Ov. H. 12, 97; 1, 14.
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