palleo

Latin

Etymology

Somewhat problematically, from an apparent root *pal-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥H-wós, from *pelH- (“gray”), whence also Latin pallidus, pullus, but the formal relationships between these words are unclear. Cognates include Sanskrit पलित (palitá), Ancient Greek πελιτνός (pelitnós), Old Church Slavonic плавъ (plavŭ), Old Armenian ալիք (alikʻ, “wave, gray hair”), German falb (“pallid”). Borrowing from a foreign or substrate Indo-European language is possible.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpal.le.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpal.le.o]

Verb

palleō (present infinitive pallēre, perfect active palluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to be pale; to turn pale, blanch
2. to grow pale, be anxious, be fearful
3. to fade, lose color, change color

Conjugation

   Conjugation of palleō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	palleō		pallēs		pallet		pallēmus		pallētis		pallent
	imperfect	pallēbam		pallēbās		pallēbat		pallēbāmus		pallēbātis		pallēbant
	future	pallēbō		pallēbis		pallēbit		pallēbimus		pallēbitis		pallēbunt
	perfect	palluī		palluistī		palluit		palluimus		palluistis		palluērunt, palluēre
	pluperfect	pallueram		palluerās		palluerat		palluerāmus		palluerātis		palluerant
	future perfect	palluerō		pallueris		palluerit		palluerimus		pallueritis		palluerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	palleam		palleās		palleat		palleāmus		palleātis		palleant
	imperfect	pallērem		pallērēs		pallēret		pallērēmus		pallērētis		pallērent
	perfect	palluerim		palluerīs		palluerit		palluerīmus		palluerītis		palluerint
	pluperfect	palluissem		palluissēs		palluisset		palluissēmus		palluissētis		palluissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pallē		—		—		pallēte		—
	future	—		pallētō		pallētō		—		pallētōte		pallentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pallēre			—			pallēns			—
perfect		palluisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		pallendī		pallendō		pallendum		pallendō		—		—

Derived terms

• pallēns
• pallēscō
• pallor

Related terms

• pallidulus
• pallidus

Further reading

• “palleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “palleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• palleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.