pallidus Latin · revision 8174

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la palleō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpal.lɪ.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpal.li.dus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[palleō]] “to be pale” with the suffix [[-idus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of a pale complexion.^(OLD 2012) Köbler's first source is Ennius, whom he dates 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant pale, colourless, of the complexion, from illness or strong emotion, as in Plautus, in Pliny the Elder of a pale colour, and in Virgil of dim light.^(OLD 2012) Isidore uses it of a kind of building stone that is seldom useful.^(Isidore)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant pale, pallid, wan.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it of pale people, and of death personified.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''pallido'', and through Old French ''paile'' it gave [[en|pale]] in the early 14th century; it was borrowed again as [[en|pallid]] in the 1580s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of the complexion.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 14th century – English ''pale'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1580s – English ''pallid'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Pale]], [[m|en|pallid]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of a pale colour.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of light, dim.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pallidulus]]

+ * [[perpallidus]]

+ * [[subpallidus]]

+ * [[vēpallidus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pallēns]]

+ * [[palleō]]

+ * [[pallēscō]]

+ * [[pallor]]

+ * [[en|pale]]

+ * [[en|pallid]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}