Pales

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pales"

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.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 49 Pales, ㊾

Translations

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牧神星 (Mùshénxīng)

Anagrams

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

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.leːs/, [ˈpäɫ̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.les/, [ˈpäːles]

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.

	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.