pallor Latin · revision 8421

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pallor''' ''m'' (genitive pallōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[palleō]] “to be pale” with the suffix [[-or]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan reconstructs Proto-Italic ⟨*palwo-⟩ “pale, grey” and compares [[lt|pal̃vas|t=light yellow]] and [[goh|falo|t=faded]], but notes that these point to ⟨*polwo-⟩, which does not explain the Latin /a/; the word may be an old loan into the European languages.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citation for paleness of complexion is from Vitruvius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant paleness of the face, which in Mediterranean people had a yellowish or greenish tinge, as in Vitruvius and Cicero, who says that fear brings pallor and trembling.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Lucretius it meant paleness of other things, and in Pliny the Elder dimness of light.^(OLD 2012)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for paleness caused by cold, fear, study, illness or death.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''pallore'', and through Old French ''palor'' it gave [[en|pallor]] about 1400.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius uses it of things.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero pairs it with fear.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''pallor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Paleness of complexion, [[m|en|pallor]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Paleness of things.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Dimness, faintness of light.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pallēns]]

+ * [[palleō]]

+ * [[pallēscō]]

+ * [[pallidulus]]

+ * [[pallidus]]

+ * [[en|pallid]]

+ * [[en|pale]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}