polus

See also: Polus, poļus, pólus, and πολύς

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.lus/, [ˈpɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.lus/, [ˈpɔːlus]

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
  • Middle French: pole
    • French: pôle
    • Norman: pôle (Jersey)
    • → Dutch: pool
    • → English: 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^[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

• pulsō