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pol, interj., v. Pollux.

Pola, ae, f., a maritime town of Istria, Mel. 2, 3; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129.

† pōlĕa, ae, f., = πωλίον, the dung of an ass’s foal, Plin. 28, 13, 57, § 200.

Pŏlĕmo or -mon, ōnis, m., = Πολέμων.

  1. I. A Grecian philosopher at Athens, a disciple of Xenocrates and teacher of Zeno and Arcesilaus, Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 34; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 4, 6, 14; Hor. S. 2, 3, 254; Val. Max. 6, 9, 1 ext.
    Hence,
    1. B. Pŏlĕ-mōnēus, a, um, adj., Polemonian: P. Stoicus, Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132.
  2. II. A king of Pontus after Mithridates, Suet. Ner. 18; Eutr. 7, 14.
    Hence,
    1. B. Pŏlĕmōnĭăcus, a, um, adj., Polemonian: Pontus, Aur. Vict. Caes. 15; Vop. Aur. 21 fin.; Eutr. 7, 14.

† pŏlĕmōnĭa, ae, f., = πολεμώνιον, Greek valerian, otherwise called philaeteria, Plin. 25, 6, 28, § 64.

Pŏlĕmōnĭăcus, a, um, v. Polemo, II. B.

pŏlenta, ae, f. (collat. form pŏlen-tum, i, n., Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 2; so plur.: pŏlenta, ōrum, Macr. S. 7, 15) [perh. from πάλη = pollen], peeled barley, pearl-barley: homines, qui polentam pinsitant, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 17; Cato, R. R. 168; Col. 6, 17, 18; Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72; 24, 1, 1, § 3; 27, 8, 37, § 59; Ov. M. 5, 450; Pers. 3, 55; Vulg. Lev. 23, 14.

pŏlentārĭus, a, um, adj. [polenta], of or belonging to pearl-barley: crepitus, caused by eating pearl-barley, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16: damnum, the loss of a mouthful of pearl-barley, App. M. 6, p. 181, 2.

pŏlentum, i, v. polenta.

† 1. pŏlĭa, ae, f., = πολιά, a precious stone of a gray color, otherwise unknown, Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 191.

† 2. pōlīa, ae, f., = πωλεία, a stud of horses, Dig. 21, 1, 38 fin.

pŏlīmen, ĭnis, n. [1. polio].

  1. I. Polish, brightness (post-class.). baltei polimina, App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 30.
  2. II. poli-mina, um, n., the testicles, Arn. 7, 230.

pŏlīmenta, ōrum, n. [1. polio], the testicles: porcina, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 28 (dub.; Ritschl, sincipitamenta); cf. Fest. p. 234 Müll.

(polindrum, i, a false read. for cepolindrum, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 43; v. Ritschl ad h. l.)

1. pŏlĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4 (imperf polibant, Verg. A. 8, 436), v. a. [root par, in parēre, appārere; cf. pulcher], to smooth, furbish, polish (class.; syn.: limo, levigo).

  1. I. Lit.: ROGVM ASCIA NE POLITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59: parietem tectorio, Col. 8, 8, 3: daedala signa, Lucr. 5, 1451: gemmas cotibus, Plin. 37, 8, 32, § 109: ligna squatinae piscis cute, id. 32, 9, 34, § 108. marmora, id. 36, 6, 9, § 52: scabritiam ferri hircorum sanguine, id. 28, 9, 41, § 148: lapis politus, Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 27: polite lanceas, id. Jer. 46, 4.
    1. B. Transf. (= apparare, curare, colere), to set off, adorn, decorate, embellish: causa poliendi agri, Enn. ap. Non. 66, 27 (Ann. v. 324 Vahl.); cf.: campi politi, id. ib. (Sat. v. 23 Vahl.); and: politus culturā fundus, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 5: vestes, to scour, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 197; cf. vestimenta, Dig. 47, 2, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 143; 162: linum in filo, Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18: minium in officinis, id. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Sillig ad Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 60: domus polita, well-ordered, Phaedr. 4, 5, 26; cf.: regie polita aedificia, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10.
  2. II. Trop., to polish, refine, improve, adorn: ignarus poliendae orationis, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 63: ut opus poliat lima non exterat, Quint. 10, 4, 4: verba, id. 8, 6, 63: materiam versibus senariis, Phaedr. 1, prol. 2: carmina, Ov. P. 1, 5, 61: mores, Petr. 8.
    Hence, pŏlītus, a, um, P. a. (in the trop. sense), polished, accomplished, refined, cultivated, polite (class.): doctrinā homines,Lucr. 3, 307: homo politus e scholā, Cic. Pis. 25, 59: politus artibus, id. Fin. 1, 7, 26: homo (orator), id. de Or. 2, 58, 236: aliquem politum reddere, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 6. accurata et polita oratio, Cic. Brut. 95, 326; cf.: ornata oratio et polita, id. de Or. 1, 8, 31; so, epistula, Plin. Ep. 7, 13, 2.
    Comp.: Crassus (in dicendo) politior et ornatior, Tac. Or. 18: facundia politiorem fieri, Val. Max. 2, 2, 2: homo politioris humanitatis expers, Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72.
    Sup.: vir omni liberali doctrinā politissimus, Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5.
    Hence, adv.: pŏlītē, in a polished manner, exquisitely, elegantly: polite subtiliterque effici, Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120: polite apteque dicere, id. Fin. 4, 3, 5: ornate politeque dicere, id. Cael. 3, 8: scribere, id. Brut. 19, 76.
    Comp.: politius perfectiusque proferre aliquid, Cic. de Or. 1, 2, 5: politius limare, id. Ac. 1, 1, 2.

2. pŏlĭo, ōnis, v. pellio.

3. Pōlio (Pollio), ōnis, m., the name of a music-teacher, Juv. 7, 176.

† pŏlĭon or -ĭum, ĭi, n., = πόλιον, a strong-smelling plant, perh. the poley-germander: Teucrium polium, Linn.; Plin. 21, 7, 21, § 44; 21, 20, 84, § 145; Scrib. Comp. 83.

Pŏlĭorcētes, ae, m., = Πολιορκητής (the besieger or stormer of cities), a surname of Demetrius, king of Macedonia (cf.: Demetrius expugnator), Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 126; Sen. Ep. 9, 15; Vitr. 10, 22; Amm. 23, 4, 10; 24, 2, 18.

pŏlītē, adv., v. 1. polio, P. a. fin.

Pŏlītes, ae, m., = Πολίτης, a son of Priam, killed by Pyrrhus, Verg. A. 2, 526; 5, 564.

† pŏlītīa, ae, f., = πολιτεία.

  1. I. The State, the name of one of Plato’s works, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60; 2, 27, 59.
  2. II. The administration of the Commonwealth (late Lat.), Ambros. Hexaëm. 5, 15, 52; Cassiod. Var. 9, 2.

† pŏlītĭcus, a, um, adj., = πολιτικός, of or belonging to civil polity or to the State, political, civil: libri, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 5: philosophi, Cic. de Or. 3, 28, 109: virtutes, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8.

pŏlītĭo, ōnis, f. [1. polio], a smoothing, a furbishing, polishing.

  1. I. Lit. (post-Aug.): speculi, Vitr. 7, 3.
    Of smoothing or plastering a wall, Vitr. 7, 4.
  2. II. Transf., an improving, cultivating: agrorum, Cato, R. R. 136.

pŏlītor, ōris, m. [1. polio], one who furbishes or polishes, a polisher.

  1. I. Lit.: gemmarum, Firm. Math. 4, 7 fin.
  2. II. Transf., a cultivator, improver: agri, Cato, R. R. 5, 136; Dig. 17, 2, 52.

Politorĭum, ii, n., a town of Latium, the modern La Giostra, Liv. 1, 33; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 68.

pŏlītūra, ae, f. [1. polio],

  1. I. a furbishing, polishing, smoothing, working at, etc. (postAug.): chartae, Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81: marmoris, id. 36, 6, 9, § 53: gemmarum (of the vine), id. 17, 26, 39, § 246: laevitas et politura corporum, Sen. Q. N. 7, 31, 4.
    Of a cobweb, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 84.
    In plur., Vitr. 7, 1.
  2. II. Transf., of literary composition: videbimus quid parum recisum sit, quid non hujus recentis politurae, Sen. Ep. 100, 5.

pŏlītus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from polio.

pŏlĭum, ii, v. polion.

Polla, ae, f. [another form for Paulla, Paula], a female proper name.

  1. I. The wife of D. Brutus, Cic. Fam. 11, 8, 1.
  2. II. The wife of the poet Lucan, Stat. S. 2, 7, 62; 82; Mart. 7, 21, 2; 7, 23, 3; 10, 64, 1.

pollen, ĭnis, n., and pollis, ĭnis, m. and f [πάλη].

  1. I. Lit., fine flour, milldust, Cato, R. R. 156; 157; Plin. 13, 12, 26, § 82; 18, 9, 20, § 87; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 60.
  2. II. Transf., fine dust of other things: piperis, Cels. 4, 4: turis, Col. 6, 30, 6; Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 39: aliquid in pollinem tundere, id. 19, 5, 29, § 91.

pollens, entis, Part. and P. a., from polleo.

pollenter, adv., v. polleo, P. a. fin.

1. pollentĭa, ae, f. [polleo], might, power (ante-class.): impiorum, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 4; id. Cas. 4, 4, 3.
Personified, the goddess of power or of victory, Liv. 39, 7, 8.

2. Pollentĭa (Pōlent-), ae, f.

  1. I. A city in Picenum, now Monte Moline, Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 14; id. Fam. 11, 13, 3.
    Hence,
    1. B. Pollentīni, ōrum, m., the Pollentians, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.
  2. II. A city in Liguria, now Pollenza, Col. 7, 2, 4; Mart. 14, 157; Sil. 8, 598.
    Hence,
    1. B. Pollentī-nus (Pōlent-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pollentia, Pollentian: plebs, Suet. Tib. 37.

pollĕo (polet, pollet: quia nondum geminabant antiqui consonantes, Fest. p. 205 Müll.), ēre, v. n. [potis-valeo].

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen., to be strong, powerful, or potent, to be able, to prevail, avail (class.; cf.: valeo, possum): QVANTO MAGIS POTES POLLESQVE, an old formula in Liv. 1, 24, 8: potest polletque (populus), Liv. 8, 33; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 46: qui plus pollet potiorque est patre, old poet ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 69: pollere, regnare, dominari, Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21: qui in republicā tum plurimum pollebant, Caes. B. C. 1, 4: polleo plurimum inter homines, id. ap. Suet. Caes. 6; Cic. Brut. 51, 90: ad fidem faciendam justitia plus pollet, id. Off. 2, 9, 34: cum Romana majestas toto orbe polleret, Flor. 4, 2, 8.
      With subj.-clause: is omnibus exemplo debet esse, quantum in hac urbe polleat, multorum obedire tempori, Cic. Brut. 69, 242.
          1. (β) With abl.: formā, Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 17: pecuniā, Suet. Caes. 19: armis, Tac. A. 11, 24: gloriā antiquitatis, id. ib. 4, 55: nobilitate, id. H. 3, 45: malis artibus, id. A. 14, 57: gratiā, id. H. 2, 92.
    2. B. In partic., of medicines, to be potent or efficacious, to operate: herba contra anginas efficacissime pollet, is a powerful specific, Plin. 24, 19, 110, § 171: pollet adversus scorpiones, id. 20, 16, 63, § 171: aurum plurimis modis pollet in remediis, id. 33, 4, 25, § 84; 28, 8, 29, § 114.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. To be of worth, to be valued, esteemed, Plin. 19, 3, 17, § 47: cum eadem vitis aliud aliis in locis polleat, id. 14, 6, 8, § 70.
    2. B. To possess in abundance, be rich in: utensilibus, App. M. 2, 19.
      Hence, pollens, entis, P. a., strong, mighty, able, powerful, potent (mostly since the Aug. period; not in Cic.): genus pollens atque honoratissumum, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28: animus, abunde pollens potensque, Sall. J. 1, 3: potens pollensque, Liv. 2, 34; Inscr. Grut. 50, 3: genus pollens, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 28: classis plurimum pollens mari, Vell. 1, 2: mens pollentior, Tert. adv. Psych. 6: pollentissima ingenia, Sol. 2 med.
      With abl.: sagittis pollens dea, Naev. ap. Macr. 6, 5 (Trag. Rel. p. 11 Rib.): equo pollens, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 55: opibus, Lucr. 1, 61: venenis, Val. Fl. 6, 85.
      With gen.: vini pollens Liber, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 21 (Fleck. as one word, vinipollens).
      With acc.: soror cuncta pollentis viri, Argolica Juno, Sen. Agam. 805.
      With inf.: tractare sereno Imperio vulgum pollens, Sil. 14, 80; Luc. 6, 685.
      Hence, adv.: pollenter, powerfully (post-class.); comp. pollentius, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 254.

1. pollex, ĭcis, m. [polleo; cf.: pollex nomen ab eo, quod pollet, accepit, Atei. Cap’to ap. Macr. S. 7, 13, 11].

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. The thumb: hominis digiti articulos habent ternos, pollex binos et digitis adversus universis flectitur, per se vero in obliquum porrigitur, crassior ceteris, huic minimus mensura par est, Plin. 11, 43, 99, § 244; Cic. Off. 3, 11, 46; Hor. Epod. 5, 48; id. C. 4, 6, 36; Ov. M. 4, 36; 8, 198; Verg. A. 11, 68.
      Connected with digitus (as a measure), Cato, R. R. 20: clavi digiti pollicis crassitudine, Caes. B. G. 3, 13.
      To close down the thumb (premere) was a sign of approbation; to extend it (vertere, convertere; pollex infestus), a sign of disapprobation, Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 66; Juv. 3, 36; Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 1097; Stat. Th. 8, 26; Quint. 11, 3, 119; App. M. 2, p. 124, 3.
    2. B. The great toe, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 20; 7, 53, 54, § 181; 28, 4, 9, § 42; Suet. Calig. 57: pollices manūs et pedis dextri, Vulg. Lev. 8, 24.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The stump of a vine-branch left in pruning, = resex, Col. 4, 21, 3; 4, 24, 13; Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14; 17, 22, 35, § 184.
    2. B. A knob or protuberance on the trunk of a tree, Plin. 13, 4, 7, § 29.

2. Pollex, ĭcis, m., the name of a slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 14, 6, 1; id. Att. 8, 5, 1; 13, 47, 1.
A lusus verbb. with 1. pollex, Cic. Att. 13, 46, 1.

Pollĭa trĭbus, one of the Roman tribes, Liv. 8, 37; 29, 37; Inscr. Grut. 400, 1.

pollĭcāris, e, adj. [1. pollex], of or belonging to a thumb (post-Aug.): frutex pollicari crassitudine, of the thickness of a thumb, Plin. 13, 23, 45, § 128: latitudine, id. 15, 24, 26, § 95: amplitudine, id. 27, 9, 49, § 73.

pollĭcĕor, ĭtus (act. form polliceres, Varr. Sat. Menip. 8, 5), 2, v. dep. a. and n. [from an old prep. por or port (= Gr. πορτί, προτί, or πρός; cf. pro) and liceor].

  1. I. To hold forth, offer, promise any thing (freq. and class.; syn.: promitto, spondeo): neque minus prolixe de tuā voluntate promisi, quam eram solitus de meā polliceri, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1; id. Planc. 42, 101; cf.: alicui studium, id. Fam. 5, 8, 4; cf.: mirandum in modum profitentur, offerunt se, pollicentur, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5: id omne tibi polliceor ac defero, id. Imp. Pomp. 24, 67: pro certo polliceor hoc vobis atque confirmo me esse perfecturum, ut, etc., id. Agr. 2, 37, 100: non modo ut ponatur, verum etiam ut inviolata maneat pollicetur, Just. 9, 2, 12.
    With subj. alone, Hirt. B. G. 8, 52, 4: alicui divitias, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 359 Vahl.): hospitium et cenam, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 8: plus pollicere quam ego a te postulo, id. Truc. 2, 4, 23.
    With inf. pres.: modo Qui sum pollicitus ducere, Ter. And. 3, 5, 7; jusjurandum pollicitus est dare, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 36: pollicentur obsides dare, Caes. B. C. 4, 21, 5; 6, 9, 7: benigne, Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 3: liberalissime, id. Att. 5, 13, 2.
    Prov.: montes auri, to promise mountains of gold, i. e. boundless wealth, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18; for which also: maria montesque, Sall. C. 23, 3.
  2. II. Esp.
      1. 1. Of an orator, in opening his speech, to promise, announce: quaeso ut, quid pollicitus sim, diligenter memoriae mandetis, Cic. Quint. 10, 36: docui, quod primum pollicitus sum, causam omnino, cur postularet, non fuisse, etc., id. ib. 19, 60.
      2. 2. Of purchasers, to bid, offer: at illic pollicitus est prior, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 102.
      3. 3. Of auspices, to forebode, promise: id assuetae sanguine et praedā aves pollicebantur, Flor. 1, 1, 7.
        Note: Act. collat. form pollĭcĕo, ēre, to promise (ante-class.): ne dares, ne polliceres, Varr. ap. Non. 471, 13.
      4. 2. polliceor, in a pass. signif.: ut aliis ob metum statuae polliceantur, Metell. Numid. ap. Prisc. p. 972 P.; Dig. 14, 1, 1: pollicita fides, Ov. F. 3, 366; Lact. Pasch. 60: pollicitus torus, Ov. H. 21, 140.
        Hence, subst.: pollĭcĭ-tum, i, n., something promised, a promise, Ov. A. A. 1, 632: memores polliciti nostri, Col. 11, 3, 1.
        In plur.: hanc tu pollicitis corrumpe, Ov. A. A. 1, 355: pollicitis captus, id. Am. 3, 7, 70; 2, 16, 48.

pollĭcĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [pollicitor], a promising, a promise (class. but not in Cic., who uses promissio, promissum; usu. plur.): vereor ne istaec pollicitatio Te in crimen populo ponat, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 10: hinc pollicitationes aufer, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 18: huic magnis praemiis pollicitationibusque persuadet, ut, etc., Caes. B. G. 3, 18; 3, 26; 7, 1; id. B. C. 3, 108; Sall. J. 61, 4; Sen. Ben. 3, 19, 3; Plin. Ep. 10, 33, 3; Auct. B. Afr. 35; Dig. 50, 12, 1 sqq.
In sing.: cum (legionem) ad se arcessisset Antonius hac pollicitatione, denarios quingenos singulis militibus daturum, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4; Inscr. Grut. 422, 3: ex nudā pollicitatione nulla actio nascitur, Paul. Sent. 5, 12, 9; Vulg. Heb. 4, 1.

pollĭcĭtātor, ōris, m. [pollicitor], a promiser (eccl. Lat.), Tert. adv. Jud. 1.

pollĭcĭtātrix, īcis, f. [pollicitator], she that promises (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Apol. 23.

pollĭcĭtor, ātus, 1, v. freq. a. and n. [polliceor], to promise (mostly ante- and post-class.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): pro capite argentum, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 24: operam suam alicui, id. Mil. 3, 3, 6; Dig. 50, 12, 6.
Absol.: ego te complures menses tuli Pollicitantem, nihil ferentem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 36: sollicitando et pollicitando, id. And. 5, 4, 9: largiundo atque pollicitando magis incendere, Sall. C. 38, 1; id. J. 8, 1.

pollĭcĭtum, i, n., v. polliceor fin.

pollĭcĭtus, a, um, Part., from polliceor.

‡ pollĭnāris, e, adj. [pollen], of or belonging to fine flour, flour-, meal-: pollinare cribrum, γυριστήριον κόσκινον, Gloss. Cyril.; v. pollinarius.

pollĭnārĭus, a, um, adj. [pollen], of or belonging to fine flour, flour-, meal-: cribrum, a bolting-sieve, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 10; Plin. 18, 11, 28, § 108.

pollinctor (or pollictor), ōris, m. [pollingo], one who washes corpses and prepares them for burning, an undertaker: pollinctores sunt, qui mortuos curant, Non. 157, 20; cf.: pollinctores dicti sunt, qui funera morientium accurant, Fulg. p. 559, 9; Plaut. Poen. prol. 63; id. As. 5, 2, 60; Varr. ap. Non. 157, 21 sq.; Mart. 10, 97, 3; Dig. 14, 3, 5; Sid. Ep. 3, 13; of buriers, Vulg. Ezech. 39, 15.

pollinctus, a, um, Part., from pollingo.

pollingo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a., to wash a corpse, and prepare it for the funeral pile (ante- and post-class.): pollingo, περιστέλλω νεκρόν, σιροπλόκω, ταριχεύω, ἐνταφιάζω, Gloss. Philox.: quia mihi pollinctor dixit, qui eum pollinxerat, Plaut. Poen. prol. 63; App. Flor. p. 362, 27: figmenta hominum mortuorum curate pollincta, Amm. 19, 1, 10.
Transf., of an old man near his grave: pollinctum corpus, Val. Max. 7, 7, 4; cf.: voluptas fucata aut medicamentis pollincta, Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 2.

‡ 1. pollĭo, īre: pollit, pila ludit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 243 Müll.

2. Pollĭo (Pōlĭo, v. Lucr. p. 33 Lachm.), ōnis, m., a Roman surname. So esp.,

  1. I. Asinius Pollio, v. Asinius.
  2. II. Trebellius Pollio, v. Trebellius.
  3. III. The name of a bad actor, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 37.
  4. IV. v. Polio.

pollis, ĭnis, v. pollen.

pollūbrum (pōlūbr-), i, n. [polluo], a wash-basin, laver: polubrum pelluvium vas, quod nos pelvem vocamus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 247 Müll.: polubrum quod Graeci χέρνιβα, nos trulleum vocamus. Livius: argenteo polubro (acc. to Hom. Od. 1, 136); Fabius Pictor, lib. xvi.: polubrum sinistrā manu teneto, Non. 544, 22 sq.

pollūcĕo, xi, ctum, 2, v. a. [old prep. port = Gr. προτί, πρός, and liceor; root licof linquo; Gr. λειπω; cf. licet].

  1. I. Lit., in relig. lang., to place upon the altar as a sacrifice to the deity, to offer, offer up: Jovi dapali culignam vini quantumvis polluceto … cum pollucere oportebit, sic facies, etc., Cato, R. R. 132: polluxi tibi iam publicando epulo Herculis decumas, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P. (Com. Rel. p. 9 Rib.): decumam partem Herculi, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80: pisces, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 10, § 20: pollucere merces (quas cuivis deo) liceat, sunt far, polenta, vinum, panis fermentalis, ficus passa, suilla, bubula, agnina, casei, ovilla, alica, sesama et oleum, pisces quibus est squama praeter scarum: Herculi autem omnia esculenta, potulenta, Fest. p. 253 Müll.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. To serve up as a dish: non ego sum pollucta pago, I am no dish for the village (like the Engl. saying, I am meat for your master), Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 11.
    2. B. To entertain, to treal with a thing (ante- and post-class.).
      1. * 1. Lit., jocosely: polluctus virgis servus, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37.
      2. * 2. Trop., to cause to share in or partake of, Arn. 5, 164.
        Hence,
    1. A. pol-luctum, i, n., the thing offered, an offering; also, a sacrificial banquet: polluctum quod a porricendo est fictum. Cum enim ex mercibus libamenta porrecta sunt Herculi in aram, tum polluctum est, Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.: ad polluctum emere, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 10, § 20: polluctum Herculis, Macr. S. 2, 12 fin.; Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 63.
    2. B. polluctē, adv., with rich offerings, sumptuously, magnificently: pollucte prodigus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. prodegeris, p. 229 Müll. (dub.).

Pollūces, is, v. Pollux init.

pollūcĭbĭlis, e, adj. [polluceo, bountifully distributed; hence, in gen.], sumptuous, rich, magnificent (post-class.): cena, Macr. S. 2, 13 fin.: victus, Symm. Ep. 6, 71.
Comp.: obsonandi pollucibilior, Tert. Jejun. 17.
Adv.: pollūcĭbĭlĭter, sumptuously, magnificently (ante-class.): obsonate, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 23: pergraecamini, id. Fragm. ap. Fulg. Myth. 1, 2.

* pollūcĭbĭlĭtas, ātis, f. [pollucibilis], magnificence, excellence, Fulg. Myth. 1, 2.

pollūcĭbĭlĭter, adv., v. pollucibilis fin.

polluctē, adv., and polluctum, i, n., v. polluceo fin.

* polluctūra, ae, f. [polluceo], a sumptuous entertainment, a feast, banquet, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 6.

polluctus, a, um, Part., from polluceo.

pollŭlus, v. polulus.

pollŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [cf.: adluo, diluo; Gr. λούω, to wash; λῦμα, λύμη, λυμαίνω, to cleanse, ruin], to soil, defile, pollute.

  1. I. Lit. (very rare): ore dapes, Verg. A. 3, 234: ora cruore, Ov. M. 15, 98: pollui cuncta sanie, odore, contactu, Tac. A. 4, 49: usu tegmina, id. ib. 13, 57: vina deciduo immundiore lapsu, Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119: polluta mensa cruore, Sil. 7, 183.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., to defile morally, to pollute, contaminate, violate, dishonor, desecrate, etc. (class.; syn.: inquino, contamino): polluta et violata sacra, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 187; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71: deorum hominumque jura inexpiabili scelere, id. Phil. 11, 12, 29: fratris filiam incesto, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 6: tragico pollutus concubitu, Juv. 2, 29: famam domūs stupro turpi, Phaedr. 3, 10, 17: nec Electrae jugulo se polluit, Juv. 8, 218: mentem suam et aures hominum nefariā voce, Tac. A. 3, 50: incestis se matrimoniis, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 6, 4, 3: jejunia, to violate, break, Nigid. ap. Isid. Orig. 20, 2: Jovem, to insult, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 8: ferias, to desecrate (by labor), Gell. 2, 28, 3: avaritia invadit, polluit, vastat omnia, Sall. J. 41, 9; Ov. M. 2, 794: polluta pax, Verg. A. 7, 467: polluendam perdendamque rempublicam relinquere, Tac. H. 2, 76: ferias, Macr. S. 1, 16, 11.
      Esp., in eccl. Lat., to render unclean, in a ceremonial sense, Vulg. Lev. 7, 21; pass., to be unclean, id. ib. 11, 27; 15, 32: pollutum et mundum, id. ib. 10, 10: pollutum comedit, id. Osee, 9, 3.
    2. B. In partic., to violate, dishonor a woman (post-Aug.), Tac. A. 12, 46; id. Agr. 31; Vulg. Ezech. 18, 11.
      Hence, pollū-tus, a, um, P. a., polluted, i. e. no longer virgin, then vicious, unchaste, Cat. 60, 46: femina, Liv. 10, 23, 10: princeps, Tac. H. 2, 37 fin.: scelesta pollutaque femina, App. M. 10, 34.
      Comp.: senectus, more vicious, more sinful, Sil. 11, 47.
      Sup.: dives, App. M. 9, p. 234, 31.

pollūtĭo, ōnis, f. [polluo], defilement, contamination, pollution, Pall. 9, 10: peccati, Vulg. Judith, 13, 20.

pollūtrix, īcis, f. [polluo], a polluter (late Lat.), Jul. ap. Aug. c. Sec. Resp. Jul. 6, 5.

Pollux, ūcis (collat. form of nom. Pol-lūces, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 53; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Müll.
Voc. pol, edepol, v. infra), m., = Πολυδεύκης, a famous pugilist, son of Tyndarus and Leda, and brother of Castor, in connection with whom, as the constellation of the Twins (Gemini, v. 2. Castor), he serves as a guide to mariners, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 53; id. Leg. 2, 8, 19; Hyg. Fab. 14; 173: ita me … Castor, Polluces … dique omnes ament, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 53; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27.
Poet.: geminus Pollux, i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 3, 29, 64: facere aliquem de Polluce Castora, i. e. to make a knight of a pugilist (pugil), Mart. 7, 57, 1.
As a deity: DEVS VINCIVS POLLVX, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 218.
In voc., contr. pol, and length. edepol (aedep-), interj. (cf.: ecastor, equirine, etc.), by Pollux! indeed! truly! pol mihi fortuna magis nunc defit quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 394 Vahl.); id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 100 ib.); Caecil. 190; Com. Fragm. p. 67 Rib.; Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 2: per pol quam paucos reperias meretricibus fideles, Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 1: pol, me miserum, patrone, vocares, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 92; 2, 2, 138.
In connection with other particles of affirmation: pol profecto, indeed, truly, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 5: certe pol, Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 5: sane pol, id. And. 1, 4, 2: pol vero, id. Phorm. 5, 8, 65.
In the form edepol: certe edepol scio, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 115: credo edepol equidem dormire Solem, id. ib. 126; 180.
With other particles: ne edepol, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27: non edepol volo profecto, id. ib. 1, 1, 215: certe edepol, id. ib. 1, 1, 243: immo edepol vero, id. Most. 3, 2, 78.

* pŏlōsē, adv. [polus], going through the poles (post-class.): obliqua decussata polose, Mart. Cap. 1, § 37 (al. oblique decussatos polos).

‡ poltĕo, pro ulteriore, Fest. p. 205 Müll.

pōlūbrum, v. pollubrum.

pōlŭlus (poll-), a, um, adj. [a rustic form for paululus], little (only in the two foll. pass.): labellum, Cato, R. R. 10, 2: sublaminae, id. ib. 21, 3.

† 1. pŏlus, i, m., = πόλος.

  1. I. Lit., the end of an axis, a pole (poet. and postAug.): terra a verticibus duobus, quos appellaverunt polos, centrum caeli est, nec non Signiferi oblique inter eos siti, Plin. 2, 15, 13, § 63; 2, 70, 71, § 179; Ov. M. 2, 75; id. P. 2, 7, 64: polus glacialis, the north pole, id. M. 2, 173; or, gelidus, id. H. 18, 152; also absol., the north pole, id. Tr. 4, 3, 15: polus australis, id. M. 2, 131; or, austrinus, the south pole, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 56.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The polar star, Vitr. 9, 6 fin.
    2. B. The heavens, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 190 Rib.); Verg. A. 3, 586; 5, 721; Hor. C. 1, 28, 6; 3, 29, 44; id. Epod. 17, 77; Val. Fl. 1, 622: immensi parva figura poli, Ov. F. 6, 278.

2. Pŏlus, i, m., a celebrated Greek tragic actor, Gell. 7, 5, 2.

Polusca, ae, f., a small and very ancient town in Latium, Liv. 2, 33; 39; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, p. 645.

† pŏlyăcanthos, i, m., = πολυάκανθος, a kind of thistle, Plin. 21, 16, 56, § 94.

Pŏlyaegos, i, f., = Πολύαιγος, an island of the Ægean Sea, Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 70.

Pŏlyaenus, i, m., = Πολύαινος, a mathematician, a friend and follower of Epicurus, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20; id. Ac. 2, 33, 106.

† pŏlyandrĭon, ĭi, n., = πολυάνδριον, a common burial-place, graveyard, cemetery, Lact. Epit. 72, 17; Arn. 6, p. 194.

† pŏlyanthĕmum, i, n., = πολυάνθεμον (pure Lat. ranunculus), a caustic plant, otherwise called batrachion (perh. Ranunculus polyanthemos, Linn., many-flowered, crowfoot), Plin. 27, 12, 90, § 112.

† pŏlyarchĭon (-cyon), i, n., = πολυαρχίον, a kind of soothing ointment, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 24, 136.

Polybē, ēs, f., one of the fifty daughters of Danaüs, Hyg. Fab. 170.

Pŏlybĭus, ii, m., = Πολύβιος, a celebrated Greek historian from Megalopolis, in Arcadia, the son of Lycortas and friend of the younger Scipio Africanus, Cic. Rep. 1, 21, 34; 2, 14, 27; 4, 3, 3; id. Off. 3, 32, 113; Liv. 30, 45.

Pŏlybus, i, m., = Πόλυβος.

  1. I. A king of Corinth, at whose court Œdipus was brought up, Stat. Th. 1, 64; Hyg. Fab. 66; 67; Sen. Oedip. 12.
  2. II. One of Penelope’s suitors, Ov. H. 1, 91.

† pŏlycarpos, i, f., = πολύκαρπος, a plant, also called polygonus, App. Herb. 18.

† pŏlychrŏnĭus, a, um, adj., = πολυχρόνιος, long-lived (late Lat.), Firm. Math. 8, 28 med.

Pŏlyclītus (Pŏlŭ-, -ētus) (ĕ scanned short, Prud. στεφ. 10, 269), i, m., = Πολύκλειτος, a celebrated Grecian sculptor from Argos or Sicyon, contemporary with Pericles.
Form Polyclitus, Plin. 34, 8, 19 § 55; Cic. Brut. 18, 70; 86, 296; id. de Or. 2, 16, 70; 3, 7, 26; Juv. 8, 103; Mart. 8, 51, 2.
Form POLYCLETVS, Inscr. Orell. 3245.
Hence, Pŏlyclētēus (-īus), a, um, adj., Polycletean: caelum, Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; Stat. S. 2, 2, 67.

† pŏlycnēmon, i, n., = πολύκνημον, a plant, otherwise unknown, Plin. 26, 14, 88, § 148.

Pŏlycrătes, is, m., = Πολυκράτης, a prince of Samos, and friend of Amasis, celebrated for his good fortune, but at last crucified by the Persian governor Orœtes, Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92; Val. Max. 6, 9, 5 ext.
Gr. acc. in -en, Quint. 2, 17, 4.

Pŏlycrătĭa, ae, f., wife of the Achœan chief Aratus, Liv. 27, 31.

Pŏlydaemon, ŏnis, m., a descendant of Semiramis, slain by Perseus, Ov. M. 5, 85.

Pō̆lydămas (the o made long by the requirements of the verse), antis, m., = Πολυδάμας.

  1. I. A Trojan, son of Panthous and friend of Hector, Ov. M. 12, 547; id. H. 5, 94.
    Hence,
    1. B. Pō̆lydămantēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Polydamas: arma, Sil. 12, 212.
  2. II. A famous athlete, Val. Max. 9, 12, 10 ext.

Pŏlydectes or -ta, ae, m., = Πολυδέκτης, a king of Seriphus, who brought up Perseus, Ov. M. 5, 242; Hyg. Fab. 273; id. Astr. 2, 12.

Pŏlydector, ŏris, m., one of the fifty sons of Ægyptus, Hyg. Fab. 170.

Pŏlydōrus, i, m., = Πολύδωρος,

  1. I. a son of Priam and Hecuba, killed by the Thracian Polymnestor, Cic. poët. de Or. 3, 58, 219; Verg. A. 3, 45 Serv.; Ov. M. 13, 432 sq.
    Hence,
  2. II. Pŏlydōrēus, a, um, adj., of Polydorus, Polydorean: sanguis, Ov. M. 13, 629.

† pŏlygăla, ae, f., = πολύγαλον, the herb milkwort, Plin. 27, 12, 96, § 121.

Pŏlygnōtus, i, m., = Πολύγνωτος, a celebrated Grecian painter and statuary of Thasus, contemporary with Socrates, Plin. 35, 6, 25; Cic. Brut. 18, 70.

† pŏlygŏnăton, i, n., = πολυγόνατον.

  1. I. The plant called Solomon’s seal: Convallaria polygonatum (Linn.), Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113.
  2. II. Another name for leucacantha, Plin. 22, 17, 18, § 40.

pŏlygŏnĭum, ii, v. polygonos.

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