pollis

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Standard English police, compare Scots polis.

Noun

pollis (countable and uncountable, plural pollises)

  1. (uncountable, Geordie) The police.
  2. (countable, Geordie) A policeman or policewoman.

References
  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology 1

See pollen (“fine flour”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.lis/, [ˈpɔl.lɪs]

Noun

pollis m or f (genitive pollinis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of pollen
Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pollis pollinēs
Genitive pollinis pollinum
Dative pollinī pollinibus
Accusative pollinem pollinēs
Ablative polline pollinibus
Vocative pollis pollinēs

References
  • 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
  • pollis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Etymology 2

See pollus, alternative form of polus (“pole”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpol.liːs/, [ˈpɔl.liːs]

Adjective

pollīs

  1. dative masculine plural of pollus
  2. dative feminine plural of pollus
  3. dative neuter plural of pollus
  4. ablative masculine plural of pollus
  5. ablative neuter plural of pollus
  6. ablative feminine plural of pollus
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