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

• 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/, [ˈpa.ɫeːs]

Proper noun

Palēs f (genitive Palis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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