Pale of colour. vt, Pallidus color. Pli. Pale colour. Bleach. Aconita pallida. Lucan. Aurora pallida. Virg. Corpora pallida. Ouid. Pallido cortice arbor. Plin. Pallidum piper. Plin White pepper. Folium pallidum. Sen. Frigora pallida. Stat. Membra pallidiora noua cera. Ouid. Mulier pallida. Hor. Orbis Phœbi pallidus. Ouid. Statua inaurata pallidior. Catul. Ora buxo pallidiora gerere. Ouid.

I. Lit.: vides ut pallidus omnis Cenā desurgat dubiā, Hor. S. 2, 2, 76: ora buxo Pallidiora, Ov. M. 4, 134; Prop. 5, 5, 72: Asturii scrutator pallidus auri, Luc. 4, 298; id. 1, 618: recto vultu et pallidus, i. e. well or sick, Juv. 10, 189: oriens, Plin. 18, 35, 78, 342: stellae, quae sunt omnium pallidissimae, id. 2, 25, 22, 89.—Esp. of the Lower World: pallida turba, Tib. 1, 10, 38: ditis profundi Pallida regna, Luc. 1, 456: pallida Leti loca, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 6 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 109 Vahl.): equus, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 8.—

B. Transf.

1. That makes pale, pallid: pallida mors, Hor. C. 1, 4, 13: vina, Prop. 5, 7, 36: aconita, Luc. 4, 322.—

2. Musty, mouldy: vetustate ficus fit pallidior, Varr. R. R. 1, 67.—

3. Livid: hospes inauratā pallidior statuā, Cat. 81, 4. —

II. Trop.

A. Pale with love, in love, Prop. 4, 7, 28: pallidus in lentā Naïde Daphnis erat, Ov. A. A. 1, 732; id. Am. 3, 6, 25. —

B. Pale with fright, affrighted, Ov. H. 12, 97; 1, 14.