pollicaris

Latin

Etymology

From pollex.

Adjective

pollicāris (neuter pollicāre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of a thumb

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	pollicāris	pollicāre		pollicārēs	pollicāria
Genitive	pollicāris			pollicārium
Dative	pollicārī			pollicāribus
Accusative	pollicārem	pollicāre		pollicārēs pollicārīs	pollicāria
Ablative	pollicārī			pollicāribus
Vocative	pollicāris	pollicāre		pollicārēs	pollicāria

Descendants

• Aromanian: pilicar, pulicar
• Asturian: pulgar
• Catalan: polleguera
• Friulian: poleâr
• Galician: polgar
• Occitan: pulgar
• Portuguese: polegar
• Romanian: policar
• Spanish: pulgar
• → Albanian: pulqer

References

• “pollicaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pollicaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.