polea

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Latin

Etymology

Reportedly a loan from a language spoken in the Roman province of Syria. Considered a cognate of Ancient Greek πωλίον (pōlíon), "pony", "young elephant", "fetal membrane of a foal".

Noun

pōlea f (genitive pōleae); first declension

1. (uncountable) The dung of an ass's foal, allegedly used, according to Pliny the Elder, for a preparation administered as a drug.

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	pōlea
Genitive	pōleae
Dative	pōleae
Accusative	pōleam
Ablative	pōleā
Vocative	pōlea

References

• polea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• polea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• πωλίον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Spanish

Noun

polea f (plural poleas)

1. pulley

Synonyms

• garrucha
• carrucha
• trocla
• trócola
• carillo