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/, [ˈpälːʲeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.le.o/, [ˈpälːeo]

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 supine stem, active only)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		pallēre	palluisse	—	—	—	—
participles		pallēns	—	—	—	—	—
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.