polleo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
A stative verb in -eō, -ēre originally meaning “to be full”, based on a then lost factitive nasal-infixed present from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥-n-éh₁-ti ~ *pl̥-n-h₁-énti (“to fill”), from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill; full”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.le.oː/, [ˈpɔlːʲeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.le.o/, [ˈpɔlːeo]
Verb edit
polleō (present infinitive pollēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to be strong or powerful; to prevail
- to be potent, to operate (of medicines)
- to be worth; to have importance
- to be rich in
Conjugation edit
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References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “polleō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*pleh₁”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 482-83
Further reading edit
- “polleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “polleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- polleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.