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|lshtext=<b>pallor</b>: ōris, m. [[palleo]],<br /><b>I</b> [[pale]] [[color]], [[paleness]], [[wanness]], [[pallor]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Pallor, personified as the [[god]] of [[fear]], Liv. 1, 27, 7; Lact. 1, 20, 11.
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