Pales

See also: pales, palés, palès, and pâles

English

Etymology

Latin, from Etruscan.

Proper noun

Pales

1. (Roman mythology) The deity of shepherds, flocks and livestock in Roman mythology.
2. (astronomy) 49 Pales, a main belt asteroid.

Anagrams

• ALSEP, ELSPA, Lapes, Leaps, Peals, Slape, e-pals, lapse, leaps, lepas, peals, pleas, salep, sepal, slape, spale

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Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.leːs/

Proper noun

Palēs f sg (genitive Palis); third declension

1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of shepherds, flocks and livestock

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Palēs
Genitive	Palis
Dative	Palī
Accusative	Palem
Ablative	Pale
Vocative	Palēs

Derived terms

• Palīlia
• Palīlis

References

• Pales in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pales in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette