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polus

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See also: Polus, poļus, pólus, and πολύς

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, axis of rotation).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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polus m (genitive polī); second declension

  1. pole (an extreme point of an axis)
  2. sky, the heavens

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative polus polī
genitive polī polōrum
dative polō polīs
accusative polum polōs
ablative polō polīs
vocative pole polī

Descendants

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  • Italian: polo
  • Catalan: pol
  • Old French: pole
  • Galician: polo
  • German: Pol
  • Norwegian: pol
  • Occitan: pòl
  • Portuguese: polo
  • Russian: полюс (poljus)
  • Spanish: polo

References

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  • polus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • polus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • polus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • polus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
  • polus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • polus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • polus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Anagrams

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