pollis
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the Standard English police, compare Scots polis.
Noun edit
pollis (countable and uncountable, plural pollises)
- (uncountable, Geordie) The police.
- (countable, Geordie) A policeman or policewoman.
References edit
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Latin edit
Etymology edit
See pollen (“fine flour”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.lis/, [ˈpɔlːʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.lis/, [ˈpɔlːis]
Noun edit
pollis m or f (genitive pollinis); third declension
- Alternative form of pollen
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pollis | pollinēs |
| Genitive | pollinis | pollinum |
| Dative | pollinī | pollinibus |
| Accusative | pollinem | pollinēs |
| Ablative | polline | pollinibus |
| Vocative | pollis | pollinēs |
References edit
- “pollis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pollis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,195/3.
- “pollis”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “pollis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray