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Pălaestīnă (Pălest-), ae, and Pă-laestīnē, ēs, f., = Παλαιστίνη, the country of Palestine, in Syria, Mel. 1, 11, 2; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66 sq.
Hence,
† pălē, ēs, f., = πάλη, a wrestling (in post-Aug. poets): unctā pale, Stat. Th. 6, 829: liquidam nodare (al. nudare) palen, id. Ach. 2, 441: jocos, palem, rudentem, Sid. Carm. 23, 302.
pălĕa, ae, f. [kindred with Sanscr. pala, stramen; cf.: pollen, pulvis, παλύνω],
pălĕālis, e, adj. [palea], of or belonging to chaff: uva, preserved in chaff, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 37, 29; 3, 21, 204.
pălĕar, āris, n. [palea],
pălĕāris, e, adj. [palea], of or belonging to chaff: arista, Venant. Vit. S. Mart. 3, 284.
pălĕārĭum, ii, n. [palea], a chaff-loft, Col. 1, 6, 9.
pălĕātus, a, um, adj. [palea], mixed with chaff: lutum, Col. 5, 6, 13; 12, 43, 1; Plin. 15, 17, 18, § 65.
Păles, is, f. (m., Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 1; Mart. Cap. 1, § 50; Arn. 3, 113), the tutelary deity of shepherds and cattle: Pales dicebatur dea pastorum, cujus festa Palilia dicebantur; vel, ut alii volunt, dicta Parilia, quod pro partu pecoris eidem sacra fiebant, Fest. p. 222 Müll.: ipsa Pales agros … reliquit, Verg. E. 5, 35: silvicolam tepido lacte precare Palem, Ov. F. 4, 746; Tib. 1, 1, 14 (36): fecunda, Calp. Ecl. 7, 22.
Pălestīnus, v. Palaestinus.