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pālor , ātus (
I.gen. plur. part. palantūm, Sil. 5, 445), 1, v. dep. (act. collat. form pālo , āre, Sulp. Sat. 1, 43 Wernsd.; Poët. Lat. Min. 3, p. 90) [cf. Sanscr. pad, go; Gr. ποῦς, ποδός; Lat. pes], to wander up and down, to wander, wander about; to be dispersed, to straggle (not in Cic. or Cæs.; most freq. in part. pres.; syn.: vagor, erro).
I. Lit.: “palantes comites quom montes inter opacos Quaerimus et magna dispersos voce ciemus,” Lucr. 4, 575; cf. id. 5, 973: “vagi per agros palantur,” Liv. 5, 44; cf.: “vagi palantesque per agros,” id. 21, 61, 2; Sall. J. 18, 2; 44, 5: “agmen per agros palatur,” Liv. 27, 47: “palantes in agris oppressit,” id. 1, 11: “palantes extra castra,” Tac. A. 1, 30: “boves palati ab suis gregibus,” Liv. 22, 17, 4: “palatos aggressus,” id. 35, 51: “ex fugā palati,” id. 8, 24; 3, 5: “palantes error de tramite pellit,” Hor. S. 2, 3, 49: “terga dabant palantia Teucri,” Verg. A. 12, 738: “palantia sidera,” Lucr. 2, 1031; so, “palantesque polo stellas,” Verg. A. 9, 21; Plin. 9, 35, 55, § 111: “palanti amni (Nilo),” Plin. Pan. 30, 3: “insectari palantes hostes,” Just. 15, 3, 11: “palantia monstra,” Val. Fl. 4, 506.—
II. Trop.: “errare atque viam palantes quaerere vitae,” Lucr. 2, 10: “palantes homines passim ac rationis egentes,” Ov. M. 15, 150.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.150
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.738
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.21
    • Horace, Satires, 2.3.49
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.30
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.10
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.1031
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.575
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.973
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 44
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 51
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 61
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 24
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 47
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 17
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.506
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 18
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 44
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