polus

See also: Polus, poļus, and πολύς

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

polus m (genitive polī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative polus polī
Genitive polī polōrum
Dative polō polīs
Accusative polum polōs
Ablative polō polīs
Vocative pole polī

Descendants

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

References

  • “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
  • “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 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

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