polea
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
- (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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