I.to be or look pale.
I. Lit.: “sudat, pallet,” Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 84: “pallent amisso sanguine venae,” Ov. M. 2, 824: “metu sceleris futuri,” id. ib. 8, 465: “timore,” id. F. 2, 468: “mea rugosa pallebunt ora senectā,” Tib. 3, 5, 25; “morbo,” Juv. 2, 50: “fame,” Mart. 3, 38, 12.— Esp. of lovers: palleat omnis amans; “hic est color aptus amanti,” must look pale, Ov. A. A. 1, 729; Prop. 1, 9, 17.—Also through indolence, Mart. 3, 58, 24.—
B. Transf.
1. To be or look sallow, or yellow: “saxum quoque palluit auro,” Ov. M. 11, 110: “arca palleat nummis,” Mart. 8, 44, 10; id. 9, 55, 1; so, to become turbid: “Tagus auriferis pallet turbatus arenis,” Sil. 16, 561.—
2. To lose its natural color, to change color, to fade: “et numquam Herculeo numine pallet ebur,” always remains white, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 82. “sidera pallent,” Stat. Th. 12, 406: “ne vitio caeli palleat aegra seges,” Ov. F. 1, 688: “pallet nostris Aurora venenis,” id. M. 7, 209: pallere diem, Luc 7, 177—
II. Trop.
A. To grow pale, be sick with desire, to long for, eagerly desire any thing: “ambitione malā aut argenti pallet amore,” Hor. S. 2, 3, 78: “nummo,” Pers. 4, 47.—
B. To grow pale at any thing, to be anxious or fearful.—With dat.: “pueris,” i. e. on account of, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 7: “ad omnia fulgura,” Juv. 13, 223: “Marco sub judice palles?” Pers. 5, 8.—
(β).
With acc.: “scatentem Belluis pontum,” Hor. C. 3, 27, 26: “fraternos ictus,” Petr. 122; Pers. 5, 184.—
C. To grow pale by excessive application to a thing: “iratum Eupoliden praegrandi cum sene palles,” read yourself pale over Eupolis, Pers. 1, 124: “nunc utile multis Pallere, i. e. studere,” Juv. 7, 96: “vigilandum, nitendum, pallendum est,” of close study, Quint. 7, 10, 14.—Hence, pallens , entis, P. a., pale, wan (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A. Lit.: “simulacra modis pallentia miris,” Lucr. 1, 123: “umbrae Erebi,” Verg. A. 4, 26: “animae,” id. ib. 4, 242: “regna,” of the Lower World, Sil. 13, 408; cf. “undae,” i. e. the Styx, the Cocytus, Tib. 3, 5, 21: “persona,” Juv. 3, 175: “pallens morte futurā,” Verg. A. 8, 709: “pallentes terrore puellae,” Ov. A. A. 3, 487. —
2. Transf.
a. Of a faint or pale color, pale-colored, greenish, yellowish, darkcolored: “pallentes violae,” Verg. E. 2, 47: “arva,” Ov. M. 11, 145: “gemmā e viridi pallens,” Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 110: “hedera,” Verg. E. 3, 39: “herbae,” id. ib. 6, 54: “lupini,” Ov. Med. Fac. 69: “faba,” Mart. 5, 78, 10: “sol jungere pallentes equos,” Tib. 2, 5, 76: “toga,” Mart. 9, 58, 8.—
b. Poet., that makes pale: “morbi,” Verg. A. 6, 275: “philtra,” Ov. A. A. 2, 105: “curae,” Mart. 11, 6, 6: “oscula,” Val. Fl. 4, 701.—