Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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    From earlier *pól-os, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os, from *kʷel- (to turn); see also the related πέλομαι (pélomai, to become).[1]

    Noun

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    πόλος (pólosm (genitive πόλου); second declension

    1. pivot, hinge, axis, pole
    2. axis of the celestial sphere
    3. (astronomy) pole star
    4. celestial sphere, vault of heaven
    5. orbit of a star
    6. center of the circular threshing floor
    7. pole passing through the axletree of a carriage
    8. concave sundial, on which the shadow was cast by the gnomon
    9. headdress worn by goddesses
    10. (architecture) dowel
    11. windlass, capstan

    Declension

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Greek: πόλος (pólos)
    • Latin: polus (see there for further descendants)

    References

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πόλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1220

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    Greek

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    Noun

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    πόλος (pólosm (plural πόλοι)

    1. pole (extreme of an axis)
      Βόρειος Πόλος (North Pole)
    2. post (pole in a battery)

    Declension

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    Declension of πόλος
    singular plural
    nominative πόλος (pólos) πόλοι (póloi)
    genitive πόλου (pólou) πόλων (pólon)
    accusative πόλο (pólo) πόλους (pólous)
    vocative πόλε (póle) πόλοι (póloi)