Pallor, pallôris, m. g Palenesse of colour.Simillimus buxo pallor.Ouid.Pallor anni continuus. Plin. Pallor & inuidia. Plin. Luridus. Ouid.Tremor ille & pallor.Cic. Luteus. Hor. Albus pallor. Hor. Tacirus. Ouid.Exanguis. Apul. Terribilis. Lucan. Exanimis.Stat. Truculentus in ore pallor. Gelidus.Stat.Stat. Pallorem capere vasa dicuntur. Colu. To waxe pale, white or bleach. Figit gelidus pallor Nereida.Stat.The nimph is astonied with feare.Fugar ruborem pallor. Sen. Inficit ora pallor. Hor. His face waxeth pale.Notare aliquem pallore. Lucan. Obit ora pallor.Ouid. Occupat ora pallor. Virg.Tinctus viola pallor amantium. Hor.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
pallor, ōris, m. [palleo], pale color, paleness, wanness, pallor.I.Lit.: pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor et tremor consequitur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19: albus ora pallor inficit, Hor. Epod. 7, 15: luteus, id. ib. 10, 16; id. S. 2, 8, 35; 2, 18, 25: partemque coloris Luridus exsangues pallor convertit in herbas, Ov. M. 4, 267; cf.: gelidus pallor, id. Tr. 1, 4, 11: confuderat oris exsanguis notas pallor, Curt. 8, 3, 13: pallor ora occupat, Verg. A. 4, 499: femineus pallor in corpore, Plin. Pan. 48, 4: Aurorae, Stat. Th. 2, 334.— Esp. of lovers: tinctus violā pallor amantium, Hor. C. 3, 10, 14; cf. Ov. M. 8, 790; Prop. 1, 5, 21.—Of the Lower World: pallor hiemsque tenent late loca senta, Ov. M. 4, 436; Luc. 5, 628.—Plur.: quae palloribus omnia pingunt, Lucr. 4, 336: tot hominum pallores,
the paleness of death
, Tac. Agr. 45, 3.—B.Transf.1.Mustiness, mouldiness: pallor, tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. 462, 26: venti umidi pallore volumina (bibliothecarum) corrumpunt, Vitr. 6, 7: ne (dolia) pallorem capiant, Col. 12, 50, 16; 12, 41, 4.—2.A disagreeable color or shape, unsightliness: palloribus omnia pingunt, Lucr. 4, 311: pallorem ducere, Ov. M. 8, 759: obscurus solis,
in an eclipse
, Luc. 7, 200; Plin. 2, 30, 30, 98.—II.Trop., alarm, terror: palla pallorem incutit, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 46: hic tibi pallori, Cynthia, versus erit, Prop. 2, 5, 30: quantus pro conjuge pallor, Stat. S. 5, 1, 70: notare aliquem pallore, Luc. 8, 55.—Hence, B. Pallor, personified as the god of fear, Liv. 1, 27, 7; Lact. 1, 20, 11.