expallesco
μαλθακωτέρα πέπονος σικύου → softer than a ripe melon
Latin > English
expallesco expallescere, expallui, - V :: turn pale, turn very pale; go white as a ghost
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ex-pallesco: lŭi, 3,
I v. inch. n., to grow or turn very pale (perh. occurring only in the perf.): viden' ut expalluit! Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 32; Ov. M. 6, 602; Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 13; Luc. 1, 539 al.: erubuisse, expalluisse, titubasse ... signa conscientiae sunt, Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8.—Poet., act., with acc.: Pindarici fontis qui non expalluit haustus, who feared not to drink, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 10; Sil. 12, 146.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
expallēscō,¹³ ĕre, usité au pf., v. expallui : N. Tir.
Latin > German (Georges)
ex-pallēsco, palluī, ere, erblassen, erbleichen, vor Schreck usw., α) absol., Cornif. rhet. u.a.: toto ore, Ov. – β) m. Acc. vor etwas erblassen = erschrecken, sich entsetzen, Hor. ep. 1, 3, 10. Sil. 12, 146.
