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pālārĭs, e, adj. [1. palus],

  1. I. of or belonging to pales or stakes: silva palaris, from which pales are fetched, Dig. 7, 1, 9.
  2. II. Subst.: pālārĭa, ĭum, n., the exercise of tilting against a stake; also, the place of this exercise, Veg. Mil. 1, 11; 2, 23; cf. Charis. p. 21 P.

1. pālo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. palus], to support with pales, stakes, or props; to prop up: reliquae partes vinearum nunc palandae et alligandae sunt, Col. 11, 2, 16: ut vitis paletur, id. 11, 2, 16 fin.; Pall. 12, 15.

2. pālo, āre, 1, v. n., v. palor init.

pālor, ātus (gen. plur. part. palantūm, Sil. 5, 445), 1, v. dep. (act. collat. form pālo, āre, Sulp. Sat. 1, 43 Wernsd.; Poët. Lat. Min. 3, p. 90) [cf. Sanscr. pad, go; Gr. ποῦς, ποδός; Lat. pes], to wander up and down, to wander, wander about; to be dispersed, to straggle (not in Cic. or Cæs.; most freq. in part. pres.; syn.: vagor, erro).

  1. I. Lit.: palantes comites quom montes inter opacos Quaerimus et magna dispersos voce ciemus, Lucr. 4, 575; cf. id. 5, 973: vagi per agros palantur, Liv. 5, 44; cf.: vagi palantesque per agros, id. 21, 61, 2; Sall. J. 18, 2; 44, 5: agmen per agros palatur, Liv. 27, 47: palantes in agris oppressit, id. 1, 11: palantes extra castra, Tac. A. 1, 30: boves palati ab suis gregibus, Liv. 22, 17, 4: palatos aggressus, id. 35, 51: ex fugā palati, id. 8, 24; 3, 5: palantes error de tramite pellit, Hor. S. 2, 3, 49: terga dabant palantia Teucri, Verg. A. 12, 738: palantia sidera, Lucr. 2, 1031; so, palantesque polo stellas, Verg. A. 9, 21; Plin. 9, 35, 55, § 111: palanti amni (Nilo), Plin. Pan. 30, 3: insectari palantes hostes, Just. 15, 3, 11: palantia monstra, Val. Fl. 4, 506.
  2. II. Trop.: errare atque viam palantes quaerere vitae, Lucr. 2, 10: palantes homines passim ac rationis egentes, Ov. M. 15, 150.