Păles (noun F.m) : 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.