pallesco Latin · revision 9737

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Accius|origins=itc-pro *palwo-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [palˈleːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [palˈlɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pallēscō''' (present infinitive pallēscere, perfect active palluī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|palleō|-scō|t1=to be pale]], an inchoative verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨palleō⟩ from [[itc-pro|*palwo-|t=pale, grey]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Accius, of growing faint.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Accius 170–c. 90 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of persons it meant to grow pale, lose colour, from fear or care, as in Horace; of other things, to turn pale, fade, as in Ovid; and to grow faint or dim.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Gellius explains that those who fear turn pale because the blood leaves the face.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to grow or turn pale, lose colour.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of persons.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of fading.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To grow [[m|en|pale]], lose one's colour.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of things)'' To turn pale, [[m|en|fade]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To grow faint or dim.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[impallescō]]

+ * [[oppallesco]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[palleō]]

+ * [[pallidus]]

+ * [[pallor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}