I.the tutelary deity of shepherds and cattle: Pales dicebatur dea pastorum, cujus festa Palilia dicebantur; “vel, ut alii volunt, dicta Parilia, quod pro partu pecoris eidem sacra fiebant,” Fest. p. 222 Müll.: “ipsa Pales agros ... reliquit,” Verg. E. 5, 35: “silvicolam tepido lacte precare Palem,” Ov. F. 4, 746; Tib. 1, 1, 14 (36): “fecunda,” Calp. Ecl. 7, 22.
Păles , is, f. (m., Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 1; Mart. Cap. 1, § 50; Arn. 3, 113),
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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