pallidus

Latin

Etymology

From palleō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.li.dus/, [ˈpälːʲɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.li.dus/, [ˈpälːid̪us]

Adjective

pallidus (feminine pallida, neuter pallidum, comparative pallidior); first/second-declension adjective

1. pale, pallid, wan
2. that makes or causes a pale condition
3. (by extension) musty, moldy, hoary
4. (figuratively) frightened, pale with fright
5. greenish
6. in love

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pallidus	pallida	pallidum		pallidī	pallidae	pallida
Genitive	pallidī	pallidae	pallidī		pallidōrum	pallidārum	pallidōrum
Dative	pallidō		pallidō		pallidīs
Accusative	pallidum	pallidam	pallidum		pallidōs	pallidās	pallida
Ablative	pallidō	pallidā	pallidō		pallidīs
Vocative	pallide	pallida	pallidum		pallidī	pallidae	pallida

Derived terms

• pallidulus

Related terms

• pallēns
• palleō
• pallēscō
• pallor

Descendants

• Translingual: Coniocybe pallida
• → Asturian: pálidu
• → Catalan: pàl·lid, pàl·lidum
• Corsican: pallidu, palidu
• → English: pallid, pallidum
• Old French: pale
  • French: pâle
    • → Romanian: pal
  • → Middle English: pale
    • English: pale
• Friulian: palit
• → Galician: pálido
• Italian: pallido
• → Ladino: pálido, פאלידו
• Norman: pale
• Occitan: palle
• → Piedmontese: pàlid
• → Portuguese: pálido
• → Romanian: palid
• Sardinian: pallidu
• → Spanish: pálido

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

• “pallidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pallidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pallidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “pallidus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 455